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...
Yesterday I canned rhubarb; today I spread manure along the corn
My friend, Jeri, brought be a big bag of fresh rhubarb yesterday, so I spent the entire afternoon cutting it up and canning it. Most of it, I made into rhubarb conserve, which is...
Our cover crops are doing great!
We planted cover crops in the orchard (wheat, a small strip of oats and alfalfa) and peas in the future strawberry bed in the new house garden. We did this to help...
“Strike while the iron is hot”
This is our "second" farm motto! (The first is "Mo' poo poo.") The company where David works is starting to cut their own bolts (square logs) that they then use to manufacture milled logs...
Q and A: canning pickled peppers and garlic and tomatoes not ripening
Canning pickled garlic and peppers
I have read many canning recipes for pickled garlic or pickled peppers. We don't like pickled anything. Can you can these just using water? I used to freeze the...