Q and A: Canning peaches, Tattler lids, and Clear-jel and Hopi Pale Grey seeds
Canning peaches
I was talking with someone about canning peaches, and she said that rather than adding boiling syrup to the jar of peaches, she...
Snow, snow, and more snow! Bah!
Okay, so it sounds like we're getting depressed. Got that right! After getting a foot of new snow a couple of days back, we're...
We were racing the rain
Sorry not to have blogged last Wednesday, but Will had half the township cut down in hay and rain — which had popped up...
Harvest is in full swing now; (puff pant puff pant)
It's THAT time of year. You plan for it, you dream of it, you drool for it, and then you grouse about it; harvest...
Q and A: pressure canner trouble and planting heirloom vegetables
Pressure canner trouble
I ordered a Presto canner and tried it out first to make sure I could keep the pressure at 10 lbs as...