QandA: Preserving zucchini and Removing bands from jars
Preserving zucchini
With zucchini season right around the corner, I was wondering the best way to preserve zucchini. In the past, for breads, cakes, etc. I have just shredded it and frozen it, but when...
There is life after frost!
While much of our garden was killed by freezing, we are terribly happy with all we have. As another frost was forecast, we got busy and picked all we could: tomatoes (both ripe and...
Q and A: missing canner weight and removing stumps
Missing canner weight
I recently found that in a move the 10# weight for my canner was lost. Since I had a canner dial I thought I would just keep pressure at 11 to 12#...
Q and A: fruit tree with thorns and canned rhubarb
Fruit tree with thorns
I was not good about labeling or keeping track of the fruit trees that I planted in my orchard. I have one that has thorns -- do you have any idea...
We just dodged a terrific storm
It's been very hot and muggy and I told Will we were primed for a bad storm. So when the weather radio called for thunderstorms Monday night we weren't surprised. In fact, we were...