Q and A: raising poultry, when to harvest horseradish, and recanning sliced olives
Raising poultry
I have my meat rabbits moving along now and have started on birds. I have about 20 mixed hens and a rooster -- getting a consistent dozen eggs + per day. I just...
Q and A: How much is enough and corn relish
How much is enough?
I have been canning steadily and now have 45 jars of peach jam, 2 dozen canned peach slices, and 48 jars of salsa, not to speak of all the other...
Q and A: cracked jars, stocking a pond, and animals on the homestead
Cracked jars
You've created a new canning monster! But in the last two canning sessions, four jars have cracked in the pressure canner. What am I doing wrong? This is the first mishap since...
We’re looking for one or more apprentices this spring
As our seed business is growing and we are getting older, we'd like to open our homestead to an additional apprentice or two. Our wonder-gal, Alisha, now has a boyfriend who has a farm...
Q and A: canning dried beans, planting asparagus, and dried citrus peels
Canning dried beans
It is not so easy to find cooking method to can dried beans in a pressure cooker. A good place I've found is at http://pickyourown.org/canningdriedbeans.htm but it seems it cooks the beans...