The Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Conference was a great success
I spoke three days on subjects such as backyard fruit growing, canning meat, meals in a jar, and herbs in small spaces. People were very interested and after each workshop, there were plenty of...
Q and A: canning salsa and Victorio or Sqeezo?
Canning salsa
Can I alter a salsa recipe to whatever I want if I use a pressure canner? Seems like if you are pressure canning then it would not matter what ratio of ingredients you...
Q and A: canning dense foods and black cherries
Canning dense foods
I put up many different things for our family. My rule of thumb is always process for the ingredient which has the longest time associated with it, such meat in pasta sauce...
Q and A: Jerusalem artichokes and adding lemon juice to tomatoes
Jerusalem artichokes
The Jerusalem Artichokes are taller than I am and I'm looking forward to harvesting them. Do I wait until a hard freeze? Do I leave some in the ground so they will come...
The snow is going fast
Although it is kind of early for us, the snow's melting fast. Last night we had a heavy rain. Boy, did that take the snow down. Now we can see clumps of dirt in...