QandA: Canning potato soup, Building up poor soil, and Congrats
Canning potato soup
Potato soup, can I put potatoes, onions, and celery in a quart jar and can it all together for 40 minutes? In your book it says 30 minutes for pint or half...
Q and A: dwarf fruit trees and refrigerator pickles
Dwarf fruit trees
I want to plant some dwarf fruit trees and I can't find an Arkansas Nursery which sells dwarf trees that are good for the Arkansas Climate. Also could you help with a...
Those berries just keep coming on!
I've been busy making jam and syrup lately. Our three-year-old raspberry and black raspberry bushes are doing great. Oh yeah, you're not supposed to be able to grow black raspberries here in northern Minnesota....
Evening’s a time to relax and enjoy the day that has been
I've been pretty darned busy lately, running every morning to see Mom in the hospital, then hurrying home to get in the garden because I'm getting late again this year. I didn't even have...
Q and A: fertile eggs and planting potatoes
Fertile eggs and planting potatoes
If I put a rooster and a hen in a small pen together how soon can I be sure that she would be laying fertile eggs inspired by the handsome...