It’s -35 but spring’s just around the corner. Sort of…

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One thing about cold weather is that you get caught up on a lot of stuff in the house (not that our house could use some cleaning and straightening up). And in between times,...

Q and A: wood heating, dehydrated foods, and jars leaking in pressure canner

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Wood heating We need to find a more efficient way of heating our home. We have a fire place and use it, but when the electricity goes off, as it does frequently, we need more...

Putting up the harvest

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Now that we've got most of it in, we're going full bore, putting up the harvest. I've begun digging potatoes and WOW are they nice this year! I started on the row in the...

Q and A: Using milk jugs to warm seedlings and canning ham in half-pint...

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Using milk jugs to warm seedlings Here in the Phoenix area, we plant and transplant our spring/summer veggies right around March 10-15, although some years late February is suitable while keeping a close eye...

Q and A: Canning gumbo and honey chicken, canning clam chowder, canning bean dip

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Canning gumbo and honey chicken We recently made a BIG batch of gumbo, and thus, had lots leftover. I was wondering if there is ANY way possible to safely and effectively can that? Also, I...