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...
David had fun with one of our pumpkins
We have been feeding all of our animals lots of our two tons of pumpkins. They love them, from chickens to the pigs, goats, and cattle. But we did save some of the nicest...
I’m sorry I haven’t blogged lately
We've been incredibly busy harvesting this last week. It's been raining hard — off and on — but we still have to get crops in before the first freeze hits. And looking at the...
I’m hunting up my pepper seeds and my jiffy pellets
It's mid-February (does THAT seem possible?) and pretty soon I'll be starting my peppers and petunias. They take a long time to get big. After the peppers are about 4 inches tall, I put...
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...