With regular rain, our gardens are booming
It's amazing what a steady amount of rain will do for our gardens. Even our container gardens are doing fantastic. Lettuce is ready to harvest, and I can't wait for the first salad that...
We just love our meals in a jar!
After a long day of work around the homestead, I'm not always gung ho to create a sumptuous supper for us. Last spring I canned up a whole mess of baked beans and ham...
Q and A: processing time for cabbage and headless chickens
Processing time for cabbage
I have a question about the processing time that you list for canning cabbage in Growing and Canning your Own Food. In my copy of your book, the processing time for...
Q and A: larger canning jars and canning tomato sauce
Larger canning jars
Have you/your readers noticed that the new canning jars are larger? I had to purchase new quart jars, Mason brand, and 7 jars would not fit in my pressure or water bath...
So far we’ve had an on-and-off-again winter
Our temps started out real cold; down to -25 and windy. Brrr. But lately we've been having much more moderate temps and we're maybe going to hit 40 above this weekend. Translated, that means...