Q and A: preserving tomatoes, canning peaches, and planting a recently excavated slope
Preserving tomatoes
Because of the month long heat (in 100s) the only tomatoes I have are the cherry ones and I'm thankful for those. I have juiced the first batch and it is thick. Not...
Q and A: meat bones, weed killer with soap, worming goats, and re-canning corn
Meat bones and weed killer with soap
First. If you take deer bones after cutting deer up, cut up bones and boil you will be surprised how much more meat from the bones that can...
Q and A: canning caramel and chocolate sauce, planting corn, and yields for canning...
Canning caramel and chocolate sauce
I have easy and delicious recipes for Caramel Sauce and Chocolate Sauce that I'd like to can for Christmas gifts. Both have cream, butter, and vanilla; the caramel has brown...
Why start it? It’s too much work. You’ll never get it done!
You know, I've heard that all my life. Well meaning (I guess, I hope!) people seem all too happy to crush someone's dreams with those words. I remember when my oldest son, Bill, was...
Will’s been gone a week but harvest continues
It's hard to believe that Will's been gone a week; it sure left a hollow spot around here! But I'm still hard at it, canning up the food we picked. The tomatoes especially, were...