Q and A: Bread in a jar and mastitis
Bread in a jar
I recently watched a cooking show where the chef made an applesauce quick bread that he baked in a wide mouth pint jar. He greased the jar, filled it about half...
Q and A: Canning pesto and breeding gilts
Canning pesto
Can I can pesto? If so, how to do it?
Ann Hazelett
Litchfield Park, Arizona
Sorry, Ann, but pesto is one food that is (so far) not able to be home canned. Although you would be...
Q and A: cleaning eggs and canning on a rocket stove
Cleaning eggs
I have a small chicken tractor with just two hens. The roost nest is in the back furthest from the open "run" area. My hens like to get back in there and sleep...
Q and A: fruit flies and canning with dehydrated powder
Fruit flies
There are always fruit flies swarming around my compost. Is this a problem? I can't see how to avoid it, given that there is often a layer of fresh scraps on top. I...
For Christmas I got … the cold from Hell
I suppose I should have been expecting it; Will caught it first, but as Christmas approached, I could feel it coming. I took Vitamin C and zinc, ate plenty of hot peppers, but it...