We’ve been haying

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With a stretch of hot, dry weather, we've started our haying in earnest. Yesterday we put up more than 100 bales in the loft...

Q and A: canning caramels and blight on tomatoes

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Canning caramel I have checked the archives and your canning book, but still wondering about canning caramel, not caramel sauce. My husband found a great...

Q and A: baby Lima beans not producing and weather-predicting beavers

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Baby Lima beans not producing Have you ever had a problem with baby limas (we call them butterbeans here in Virginia) not producing pods? I...

Q and A: pickling crocks and pressure canning advice

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Pickling crocks Do you use pickling crocks for sauerkraut or pickles? Wil Scarrow No. I'm old fashioned and just use my solid old crocks or food-grade plastic...

It’s called homesteading

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While I'm busy watering gardens, picking and canning beans, Will is out "making hay while the sun shines." And boy-oh-boy have I been canning...