One of the nine baby turkeys went missing!

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Will went out to do chores this morning and counted baby turkeys. There were only eight! We've been seeing mama fox and her half-grown babies quite near the buildings, so we just assumed that...

Q and A: Canning fingerling potatoes and Making vegetable bouillon

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Canning fingerling potatoes Each year my fingerling potatoes produce really well, but they don't last the entire winter season in storage. Is it possible to can them without peeling them first? The skins are so...

Q and A: Canning peanut butter, debarking logs, and making lard

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Canning peanut butter Can I can homemade peanut butter? If so and how? Ann Hazelett Litchfield Park, Arizona Sorry, but this is one of those very dense foods that is not safe to home can. You can't be...

Q and A: canning pumpkin and canning cheese

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Canning pumpkin My question is about canning pumpkin. I know we are supposed to cube the pumpkin. When filling up the jars with the pumpkin can I add the spices that I would normally use...

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

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You'll remember that with the drought last year, we had lots of grasshoppers? Well, with half of them being female, they laid lots of eggs. Just like in Laura Ingles Wilder's book. And, this...