Our asparagus is shooting up

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So guess what we had for dinner last night? Yep, we pigged out on our favorite spring treat, creamed asparagus on toast. (I ate...

I hope to see some of you at the Lakeland, Florida Self Reliance Expo

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I'll be away from home from September 8th to the 13th, giving a couple of talks at the Lakeland, Florida Self Reliance Expo. Any...

Watch out; there’s a canning lid shortage!

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My friend, Dara, called me the other day saying she had been in the stores and there were no canning jar lids. I asked...

The peppers are coming up

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After only five days, our peppers are popping up. Literally — they just show their "backs," then up they pop. Yesterday I took some...

Q and A: freezing then canning beans, Hickory King corn, and duck manure fertilizer

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Freezing then canning beans We garden in five 4x8 raised beds in our small backyard and this year we are trying bush beans in one...