Q and A: Canning butter, Tomatoes not setting fruit, and Water-bathed chicken stock
Canning butter
My garden has started to produce and I have been in a canning frenzy the last couple of weeks. As long as I am doing all this canning I thought I would try...
Q and A: purslane, storing baby food, and winterizing strawberries
Purslane
How do I get rid of Purslane that has tried to take over my garden? I've been pulling it up and taking it to the dump and mulched between my rows with newspaper and...
Q and A: canning dense foods and black cherries
Canning dense foods
I put up many different things for our family. My rule of thumb is always process for the ingredient which has the longest time associated with it, such meat in pasta sauce...
It’s weird; after a night of 20 degrees, yesterday we hit 80.
Our weather's been totally unusual this year, but with the current warm spell, we're thankful and making the best of it. Will's cutting hay on his last big field and I'm still picking beans...
Why bother canning so much?
I get this question a lot. After all, on a good year I'll can up dozens and dozens of jars of a good crop that's had a great growing year. Sweet corn, for instance....