Q and A: wide mouth jars and buckboard bacon
Wide-mouth jars
I have been using wide mouth jars almost exclusively because they are easy to fill/wash. It occurred to me today as I started a batch of strawberry star fruit jam that there may...
Q and A: saving seeds from beans, canning mayonnaise, and saving Hopi Pale Grey...
Saving seeds from green beans
I know you can let green beans go to seed and save the seed. My question is: Are they as nutritious as say Pinto beans? Can they be made into...
We had a sad week with a friend’s passing
When you live in a close rural community, not only do you have close friends, but unfortunately, you also see some of them pass on. It was such with our friend, Jerry Yourczek our...
-30! Brrrr! Time for work inside
We're under an Arctic blast with HIGHS in the below zero readings and lows … well, we really don't want to go there. So we do chores in steps, warming up between, then do...
Q and A: mulching with straw and canning pureed zucchini
Mulching with straw and canning pureed zucchini
Your garden looks beautiful with the straw. We did the straw for the first time this year and were not satisfied at all. We put on about 6...