After another two inches of rain, the sun’s out and work goes on

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  We were so happy to get another good rain. It came at night with a lot of thunder and lightning but no severe weather....

Q and A: canning jerky, Southern gardens, and rendering lard

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Canning jerky I have your Growing and Canning Your Own Food book as well as several anthologies from BHM, which is probably why I can...

A few pumkin moons brought on cold and lots of canning

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Our summer garden is just about toast. We got a harvest moon early this month, then again last night. The first brought 29 degrees...

Things got a little nuts around here

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Unfortunately, my handicapped, adopted son, Javid, developed a bone infection from a pressure sore he's been fighting for some time. He was in the...

Harvest is in full swing now; (puff pant puff pant)

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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...