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...
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...
With all the fabulous rhubarb, I’m busy canning again
This morning, after weeding and tucking in stray tomato branches, I decided I'd better cut the seed heads from our best rhubarb plants. (We...
Preparedness hit home today
Two days ago, the weather radio that I turn on first thing each and every morning started warning us that a major winter storm...
We finally got a good rain
On Friday, I took our apprentice, Ashley, over to the Vince Shute Bear Sanctuary near Orr, Minnesota She'd never seen black bears in the...


