Canning raspberry sauce and homesteading burnout, Cold pack, and Winter wheat

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Canning raspberry sauce and homesteading burnout  I'm wondering if it is possible to modify a canning recipe to safely can a larger size jar than specified in the recipe? Specifically, I've been putting up raspberry...

I hope to see many of you at the Self Reliance Expo in Irving,...

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I'm madly trying to get ready to leave for four days and this is a bad time to do that with all the planting I'm supposed to be doing. But, heck, it'll get done...

Recovery is slow, but I’m getting there

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Yesterday, I packaged seeds in their mailing envelopes for the first time. It may seem like a small thing, but I felt it was a victory of sorts. I've been going to rehab three...

We’re beating the Blue Jays to our corn

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Will and I have been busy picking, shucking, and roping up our various varieties of corn to beat the darned birds to it. I'm so glad to have him helping me as between my...

Saturday was a very busy day

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It seems that every day has been busy lately. But Saturday, we were really busy! In the morning, after chores, we went to the funeral of our friend, Jim, who had been suffering from...