Q and A: slugs and headspace in canning jars

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Slugs Help! My garden is being eaten alive by slugs! I've tried making yeast traps (hot water, yeast, a bit of sugar) and that does...

We’re both back in the saddle

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After Will's illness (which turned out to be a bladder infection) and my cut elbow, both of us are back to normal. I get...

Q and A: missing canner weight and removing stumps

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Missing canner weight I recently found that in a move the 10# weight for my canner was lost. Since I had a canner dial I...

Will got the hay in just before the rain

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Will, Christian, and Eric worked in 90 degree heat to get a small field of very tall Reed canary grass baled into square bales....

Q and A: canning applesauce and canning yellow squash

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Canning applesauce My wife made applesauce and froze the entire batch with the exception of enough to fill three canning jars, one for us...