Q&A: Making jelly and Growing wheat
Making jelly
For years I have enjoyed Jackie's articles, recently bought her canning book and I have a question. In the past I've put my strawberries through my Victorio Strainer and would like to make...
Q and A: Picking green peppers, cross pollination, and canning pumpkin soup
Picking green peppers
I'm in Kentucky. We're due for a hard frost this weekend. I have been harvesting my cayenne peppers as they turn red and have had a great haul. I still have loads...
We had eleven baby pigs!
After our first gilt, Lucy, had only four live-birth piggies so we were very happy when our second gilt, Blondie, had eleven! Actually, she had fourteen, but three were still-born. Of course, we felt...
Will got the big field baled up before the rain
It was a real race yesterday as black clouds gathered above. It sure didn't help when we saw a pair of turkey vultures sitting on the old farmhouse chimney, watching him go around and...
Q and A: canning beans, transplanting fruit trees, and canning with kids
Canning beans
I decided to can up several kinds of beans to save heat in the kitchen during the summer. They all look good but they are not juicy like store bought ones. Did I...