Q and A: canning tomato broth and canning cranberries

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Canning tomato broth In the last issue, an article mentioned using a steam juicer on tomatoes to make tomato broth. What processing is necessary for canning tomato broth in quarts? Erica Kardelis Helper, Utah You'll be canning...

Q and A: goat milk soap and harvesting wild mushrooms

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Goat milk soap I am wondering if you have ever gotten into soap making with your goat milk. If so, could you share a recipe? Sheryl (Pyro) Newport News, Virginia Sure I've made goat milk soap....

Sorry to be so late blogging!

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We've been fighting against frost, which has been threatening nearly every day. We've been picking, husking corn, pulling in beans, and, lately, covering rare crops as we were under a frost advisory. Yesterday, our...

Our calves did so well last year that we’ve bought two more

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We raised four steer calves last summer/fall, and they are now very BIG guys! Will just measured them with a weight tape (it's a tape measure that has cattle weights, along with inches marked...

Q and A: Off-grid refrigeration and Honey in jelly recipes

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Off-grid refrigeration I know that you are off grid. What do you do for refrigeration? All the solar information I have read said that you can not use an electric refrigerator with solar. The propane...