Q and A: acidity of tomatoes, soft chicken eggshells, and vitamin C to keep...
Acidity of tomatoes
I'm concerned about modern hybrid tomatoes, canning and ph. I cannot find anyplace that tells me definitively when to test ph, other than after canning. I want to test the product prior...
Will’s been gone a week but harvest continues
It's hard to believe that Will's been gone a week; it sure left a hollow spot around here! But I'm still hard at it, canning up the food we picked. The tomatoes especially, were...
Q and A: storing freshly ground wheat, glass chimneys for kerosene lamps, and canning...
Storing freshly-ground wheat
I have been making biscuit mix and pancake mix with organic unbleached flour, but am almost out of what we had stored and will now switch to our Wheat Berries and grind...
You never saw so many tomatoes in your life!
Even we are amazed and, I'll admit, somewhat daunted. (In our garden we planted 108 tomato plants.) A few days ago, frost was predicted and we went into hyperdrive. And, because of our little...