Q and A: Dehydrating sweet potatoes and home-canned meats
Dehydrating sweet potatoes
Not a question, Jackie. Hopefully something to suggest to others to help all. I dehydrate sweet potatoes when I can buy garden fresh. I grate them like cheese and use them in...
Q and A: canning green beans with bacon and pig eating dirt, etc.
Canning green beans with bacon
I have 2 questions concerning canning green beans. I just finished putting up 2 qts. and 4 pint and half jars. I processed them per Blue Book instructions for qts....
Q and A: Potato diseases and making jerky
Potato diseases
I'm having a new problem with my potato crop this year. They seem to be contracting blackleg or soft rot. They are more than a foot tall, and so far 8 to 9...
Q and A: canning chicken and peppers for chile powder
Canning chicken
I noticed in the recent issue of BHM an article about canning chicken, both raw and cooked. In the raw method, the author suggested filling the jar with chicken then adding broth to...
Q and A: raising meat rabbits and canning chicken
Raising meat rabbits
Do you have recommendation(s) for meat rabbit raising books/resources?
Shellie Gades
Evansville, Minnesota
My favorite rabbit book is Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, available through Backwoods Home Magazine. And Bass Equipment has lots of good...