Q and A: storing dehydrated foods and saving seeds
Storing dehydrated foods
I have many #10 cans of beans, rice, oatmeal, and many more of dehydrated foods. Will they survive storage in an unheated garage in Maine? (Yes, below zero in wintertime) I like...
We’re getting ready for winter
Ok, so spring hasn't really arrived and we're thinking of preparing for winter? Are we nuts? Nope. We just know it's coming, and we know how busy summer and fall are around here. Yesterday,...
It’s pepper plantin’ time!
Yesterday I went down to the basement to retrieve our pepper seeds from the big plastic tote that holds 1/3 of our seeds. (Do you see some obsessive behavior there?) We've got seeds in...
Harvest is about finished
Harvest is about finished
When the sun came out this morning after a full week of drizzly, nasty weather, we did a happy dance. I pulled our parsnips (in the rain) and canned them up...
Take time to smell the flowers
We've been so hugely busy lately, especially with our fall from the roof, that it's unbelievable! But between canning green beans, lying down to rest, canning tomato sauce, writing, etc., today I finally took...