Our bitter cold is holding tight but the end is in sight
Yeah, we're darned sick of below zero temps, night and day with windchill temperatures of -5 to -60 degrees. (Did you know that your skin can freeze within 5 minutes when it's that cold?)...
Q and A: Ball canning lids, pruning apple trees with fire blight, wine yeast,...
Ball canning lids
I was reading on the internet where Ball has changed their procedures on their new canning lids. It seems that you no longer simmer the lids. To do so, now often causes...
We needed a bridge…and found an old mobile home
Our land is a rectangular 80 acres of woods. Unfortunately, about 35 acres of that is across a creek, dotted with beaver ponds. The only way you can access it is by bulldozer or...
Have you ever tried local auction sites?
We have several, but we use our Do-Bid.Com site because there are auction houses 20 miles from our house. We can go view different things as well as pick up items for which we...
Q and A: bulging lids and black speck disease on tomatoes
Bulging lids
I'm noticing that many of my canning lids are bulging this year whether I'm canning in a water bath or pressure cooker. They seal just fine. What is causing them to bulge?
Geryl...