Three days of rain
After several days of dry, sunny weather, we got socked in with three days of rain, some of it hard rain. Today, we woke up to fog as it's supposed to warm up and...
Q and A: canning spaghetti sauce, canning potatoes, and cucumber beetles
Canning spaghetti sauce
Why is it okay to water bath can salsa but not spaghetti sauce?
Katie Gilbert
Milo, Iowa
You can certainly can spaghetti sauce without meat in a boiling water bath canner but many experts...
Q&A: Using nitrogen gas for long-term storage, Alkaline soil, and Canning chocolate syrup
Using nitrogen gas for long-term storage
Can one use Nitrogen gas that can be purchased local to fill airtight containers for long term storage? (seeds, wheat that is grown local, non GMO corn, "etc").
Also are...
Just got over my annual fall cold
This was a very bad time to catch a cold. And darn it, I DID get a flu and pneumonia shot too! I didn't get the flu or pneumonia, but was in bed two...
Did you see the total lunar eclipse Wednesday?
Okay, so my photo leaves something to be desired. I was excited and obviously I wasn't too steady for the long exposure. But WOW! There was a bell-clear sky and a huge, nearly full...