Another deer season, another canning lesson

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My oldest son, Bill, shot a nice seven-point buck the first weekend of season this year. And he called to ask if he could come and spend some "quality time" with me and, of...

You never saw so many tomatoes in your life!

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Even we are amazed and, I'll admit, somewhat daunted. (In our garden we planted 108 tomato plants.) A few days ago, frost was predicted and we went into hyperdrive. And, because of our little...

So it’s January? We’re thinking of spring already

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While I was canning up a bunch of hamburger, Will was clearing another patch of logged-over ground for a new pasture. This one is below the goat pasture, and when fenced, will give us...

I’m packing for the NPSA Conference…with a little help

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Tomorrow, I'm flying to Aberdeen, South Dakota, for the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture conference so today I'm madly packing (www.npsas.org/news-events/winter-conference.html. Click on the conference schedule button on the right of the page to see...

Q and A: canning dry brown rice, canning grape juice, and strawberry-serrano jelly

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Canning dry brown rice How do you can brown rice in a pressure canner? You mention how to do nuts, but did not say anything more about rice. Sharon West Harrison, Indiana You can home can brown rice...