Q and A: Sun chokes, canning pumpkin, and canning with lemon juice

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Sun Chokes Jackie you mentioned Sun Chokes. Do you have any recipes to share? I have not been able to find many on the internet. Rhona & Brad Barrie Strong, Maine I usually use sun chokes raw, sliced,...

A visit to the apple man, Beryl Novak

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Because we're starting a new homestead and planting lots of fruit trees, I was tickled to meet a self-taught fruit tree expert while shopping last year. Since then, I've been to his homestead up...

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When I was twelve years old, I, along with all the other boys in seventh grade took wood shop. I’d grown up in an extended family of builders, plasterer/masons, plumbers, electricians, and...

I’ve been canning…and shooting photos for the new book

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While all the major writing has been done on the new Backwoods Home book on growing and canning your own food, I still had two photo shoots to do, showing the steps of both...

A new garden joins our homestead

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On the east side of our house, beyond where we will be building the new entryway/laundry room/green room, there was a humpy bumpy, rocky area. Ugly! There were stumps, logs and other...