Q and A: Canning chicken, saving seeds, and shelf life of canned bacon
Canning chicken
I am getting ready to can up some chickens that are taking up space in my freezer. I'm not having much luck locating wide mouth half pint jars in our area since they...
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: Oven canning and Hopi Pale Grey recipes
Oven canning
I oven can my dry goods like rice and such, but can I oven can things like homemade jerky or sun dried tomatoes?
Crystal Misiak
Millboro, Virginia
I'd say yes to the sun dried tomatoes, provided...
We’ve found plenty to keep us busy this winter
With our new mini-business, Seed Treasures (www.seedtreasures.com), we keep hustling, sorting, and packaging seeds. Will does that while I package envelopes and fill the orders. We used to be kind of bored this time...
Uh oh, bad news
By now, most of you with internet have gotten the message from Dave Duffy, saying that with the Nov/Dec 2017 issue of BHM, the magazine will cease publication of the print magazine. I'm sure...