Q and A: sterilizing jars and hens not laying
Sterilizing jars
How do you sterilize Ball jars? How do you remove bubbles from the jars?
Lawrence Daly
Mays Landing, New Jersey
You sterilize canning jars by simmering them for 10 minutes in a large kettle. Most folks...
Q and A: cabbage for kraut and storing marshmallows
Cabbage for kraut
I planted "stonehead" cabbage. Is it ok for kraut as it is an early cabbage?
Jim Schmautz
Lolo, Montana
You bet, I plant Stonehead cabbage for our fall cabbage and not only does it make...
Q and A: meat bones, weed killer with soap, worming goats, and re-canning corn
Meat bones and weed killer with soap
First. If you take deer bones after cutting deer up, cut up bones and boil you will be surprised how much more meat from the bones that can...
Over the cold and back in the saddle
Finally, I got over my cold. Boy, was it a doozy! Just in time, too, as today we moved our adopted son, Javid, from his assisted living apartment at Orr to Cook which is...
Harvest is chugging right along
Will picked tons of Dragon Tongue snap beans, the third picking off that 50-foot row and I was busy for three days, canning them all up. Each day I got 28 pints! Our pantry...