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...

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...

We’ve really been rushing around lately

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The garden, which has been dinking around for weeks with nothing ripening, IS ripening all of a sudden. We've got quite a few ripe tomatoes now, chiefly our favorite, Moravsky Div, and Mia's Italian...

After three days of a family cold, we’re back at it again

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All three of us came down with a "spring cold" at the same time. Will and I had  severe headaches and the blahs, while David had the headache along with a sore throat, fever,...

So much for spring

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Although it's common every single year, we didn't want another big snow to come our way. Unfortunately, today, it's snowing hard, covering up my daffodils that were just coming up as well as all...