I canned on my new stove for the first time

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What a trip! The stove heated perfectly even though I had to light it with a lighter not the electronic ignition. (Still don't have...

Snow, snow, and more snow! Bah!

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Okay, so it sounds like we're getting depressed. Got that right! After getting a foot of new snow a couple of days back, we're...

Q and A: how long to wait for foods to pickle and preparing the...

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How long to wait for foods to pickle My wife canned some Dilly Beans last night for the first time. She was wondering how long...

More snow and below-zero temps

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As we're crawling towards spring, we've been stuck in a cold arctic spell. Last night it was -18 and today at noon, it warmed...

Due to our crazy summer weather, we’re in full planting mode

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The weather is usually a lot cooler this time of the year with frosts at night. But this year we went right into summer...