Q and A: preserving prunes and pigs in winter
Preserving prunes
I have about 40 pounds of prunes in 1-pound bags. I am not sure if I can eat that many before they go bad.
I have the nine tray Excalibur dehydrator. But, I think...
Q and A: drying sweet corn and storing food for a year
Drying sweet corn
Thanks for the idea about saving extra sweet corn and letting it mature in the garden. How dry does the corn get? Hard like field corn? We're putting our garden to bed,...
Q and A: pressure canner trouble and planting heirloom vegetables
Pressure canner trouble
I ordered a Presto canner and tried it out first to make sure I could keep the pressure at 10 lbs as required. I didn't have much luck. I did more research...
Q and A: shelf life of commercially canned food and canned salsa
Shelf life of commercially canned food
Do commercially canned (in glass jars) food have the same shelf life as home canned foods?
Barbara Nemitz
Pearland, Texas
Yes, commercially canned foods in glass jars do have the same shelf...
It’s not snowing yet so Will and I are doing garden cleanup
It's cold and cloudy so we're trying to get the garden finished up and put to bed for winter. Will pulled the tomato cages and dumped the old vines into a couple of piles...