Time to transplant those little seedlings
It's hard to believe that those little seedlings are already big enough to transplant! But that's the way they grow. Just like kids. I'm beginning to transplant from the flats they grew in to...
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...
Eating up all the garden mistakes
This last few days have been sort of a blur of frenzied picking, hauling, digging, hauling and stacking garden produce in the new greenhouse, away from the freezing cold that has suddenly descended on...
Q and A: using a fermenting crock for meat and peeling Hopi Pale Gray...
Using fermenting crock for meat
My husband would like to cure some meat in my German fermenting crock. Will my crock be safe to use again for cabbage? It is glazed on the inside.
Jean Ann...
I’ve had fun looking at back issues of Backwoods Home Magazine
As I have to spend a lot of time lying down to keep my "surgery" leg from swelling down to the foot, I've been reading a bunch of old BHM magazines. I have the...