We’ve been haying
With a stretch of hot, dry weather, we've started our haying in earnest. Yesterday we put up more than 100 bales in the loft...
Q and A: canning caramels and blight on tomatoes
Canning caramel
I have checked the archives and your canning book, but still wondering about canning caramel, not caramel sauce. My husband found a great...
Q and A: baby Lima beans not producing and weather-predicting beavers
Baby Lima beans not producing
Have you ever had a problem with baby limas (we call them butterbeans here in Virginia) not producing pods? I...
Q and A: pickling crocks and pressure canning advice
Pickling crocks
Do you use pickling crocks for sauerkraut or pickles?
Wil Scarrow
No. I'm old fashioned and just use my solid old crocks or food-grade plastic...
It’s called homesteading
While I'm busy watering gardens, picking and canning beans, Will is out "making hay while the sun shines." And boy-oh-boy have I been canning...