{"id":1360,"date":"2011-06-12T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2011-06-12T03:00:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T07:00:59","slug":"q-and-a-canning-strawberry-pulp-and-hens-not-laying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2011\/06\/12\/q-and-a-canning-strawberry-pulp-and-hens-not-laying\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Canning strawberry pulp and Hens not laying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canning strawberry pulp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We always have extra strawberries and not much in the way of extra freezer space.This year I wanted to try canning my extra berries as a pulp to be added to juice and yogurt to freeze for popsicles. My question is, would I can the pulp as you would jam but without the pectin and less sugar or can I do it without anything added to it at all?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tammy Ritchie<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Roseburg, Oregon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sounds like a great idea! IF we get strawberries, I&#8217;ll give it a try, too. (Last year a late freeze zapped nearly all our strawberry blossoms! No strawberries.) I&#8217;d add a little sugar, to taste, and can up the pulp\/juice just like that. The sugar may help keep the color a little better than canned strawberries, which can up a bit pale. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hens not laying<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve had chickens for 17 years and have a couple of 2 year olds that haven&#8217;t laid in 6-7 months&#8230;they have molted and are in fine shape again. Here&#8217;s the question\u2026I have a 9 yr old Rhode Island\u2026my two that aren&#8217;t laying are also Rhodies. Is there such a thing as capable hens not laying just because their &#8220;Like breed&#8221; isn&#8217;t laying? All my others are laying fine and so did these two last year. They are healthy and young! I&#8217;m about ready to put them in the STEW POT!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Linda Drummond<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Eagle River, Alaska<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No. There are many reasons chickens don&#8217;t lay, but that isn&#8217;t one of them. They may be taking a vacation and will start laying later in the summer. Or not. Unfortunately this is why some hens end up in pot pie. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canning strawberry pulp We always have extra strawberries and not much in the way of extra freezer space.This year I wanted to try canning my extra berries as a pulp to be added to juice and yogurt to freeze for popsicles. My question is, would I can the pulp as you would jam but without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}