Q&A: Making jelly and Growing wheat

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Making jelly For years I have enjoyed Jackie's articles, recently bought her canning book and I have a question. In the past I've put my strawberries through my Victorio Strainer and would like to make...

Q and A: growing corn for cornmeal and layering jars in canner

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Growing corn for cornmeal I am growing dent corn to make corn meal. I am not sure when to harvest and how to prepare the corn for grinding. Daniel Jones Cullowhee, North Carolina Leave the ears on the...

Aren’t friends the best?

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Oh yes, they are. Two of my friends, Dara and Leslie came over yesterday morning to help me weed. And weed we did, from 10:00 to nearly 3:00! The Sand garden had a few...

Will and I have been busy with early spring projects

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As usual, we have been spreading manure on all of our nine gardens. Well, Will runs the tractor and loader and I open and close gates, chasing cows away from them so he can...

Q and A: Hopi Pale Grey squash, canning corn, and canning bones

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Hopi Pale Grey squash Not a question... planted the Hopi squash I bought from you. OMG! The plants are about 20' wide. In fact, all my squash are huge this year. (With a little...