Our warming trend continues
And gee, are we losing snow fast! With the sun out and temps in the high forties and even fifties, our three feet of snow is down to six inches in the orchard and...
The sun’s out and it’s thawing today
For the first time, we're seeing snow melting. There are big puddles on the roads and parking lots in town. How exciting! It fired Will up and he went out into the greenhouse and...
Q and A: Canning green tomato relish, Fall garden prep, and Pumpkin pie filling
Canning green tomato relish
I am trying to modernize a recipe from a 1934 Watkins Cookbook that makes the best Green Tomato Relish. Here is the recipe:
2 pounds of green tomatoes
1 onion
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup...
Q and A: Canning duck eggs and planting peach trees
Canning duck eggs
Can duck eggs be canned the same as chicken eggs?
Linda Fisher
Klamath, California
By "canned," I'm assuming that you're meaning canned pickled eggs? If that's the case, yes, you can. It doesn't matter what...
Q and A: fruit flies and canning pizza sauce
Fruit flies and canning pizza sauce
We have a question about getting rid of fruit flies. We have been canning peaches like crazy and the pests are everywhere. Do you know how we can get...