Q and A: canning cheese, elephant garlic, and storing brown sugar

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Canning cheese I can milk, butter, and am going to can up yellow cheese this weekend. Can you can up cream cheese? I freeze it...

We just got back from the Energy Fair this weekend in St. Paul

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Will and I manned the BHM/Self-Reliance magazines' booth at the MREA Fair in St. Paul. The attendance was modest since the show was new,...

Haying season is heavily upon us

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Now that the rains have finally come and gone, the forecast is for a week of warm, sunny weather. So Will is busy cutting...

We made another giant step yesterday

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First of all, I hope you all had as good a Thanksgiving as we did.  The weather was perfect, sunny and not windy. ...

Q and A: Pickled beets, Canning blue cheese, and Canning horseradish

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Pickled beets Yesterday I made canned pickled beets. This is the first time I have ever canned and I am paranoid about botulism! Should I...