So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest

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Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've...

I just seeded out some gorgeous Glass Gem popcorn

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We've been busy, trying to get crates of corn and beans off the unheated, enclosed back porch and greenhouse, which is heated (expensively). While...

When it’s chilly, I can chili

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We're having more typical fall weather.  Finally!  It only rains every other day now, but the temps are falling with the leaves.  And...

David had fun with one of our pumpkins

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We have been feeding all of our animals lots of our two tons of pumpkins. They love them, from chickens to the pigs, goats,...

Q and A: Canning beans and canning peanut butter

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Canning beans Can I can beans not using any salt? Ann Hazelett Litchfield Park, Arizona Definitely. The salt is only a flavor enhancer; it does nothing to preserve...