Ah! Evening and the work’s all done… (well kind of…)
Even though our killing frost happened a couple of weeks ago, I'm still busy canning. Some days, it's a bit too busy. For instance, two days ago I canned up spaghetti sauce, chili with...
I’m all set to start planting our first pepper seeds
This year, I've ordered a bunch of unique and rare hot peppers. Some are habaneros and others are South American hot peppers. All are exceptionally beautiful and really different. But, as they take longer...
Q and A: pressure canning and canning pickled asparagus
Pressure canning
I was canning the other day in my pressure canner and after the processing time was done and the pressure had dropped all the way, I forgot the jars in the canner...
Sometimes it’s time to quit
Well, not quit, quit, but hang 'er up for awhile to regroup. Let me explain. Yesterday afternoon was a gorgeous fall day. The sun was out, making the colors of the autumn trees...
I’ve been canning…and shooting photos for the new book
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...