I hope your Christmas was as happy as ours

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Ashley and I baked for a week. Cookies, pies, candy, and finally Will's Cheescake (you can find this recipe and more in my pantry cookbook). I had to laugh though. Due to our generator...

Q and A: pressure canning and canning pickled asparagus

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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...

Transplanting tomato plants, hauling wood

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The last few days have been busy ones.  I've been transplanting dozens and dozens of tiny tomato plants into styrofoam cups and deep six packs.  I fill the container, mark the variety on the...

Q and A: using a fermenting crock for meat and peeling Hopi Pale Gray...

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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...

Ah! Evening and the work’s all done… (well kind of…)

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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...