Q and A: Canning chicken stock and canning celery
Canning chicken stock
I was canning some chicken stock last night. After the recommended processing time in the pressure canner, I let the steam go down to normal and started removing the jars, pints. Two...
So far we’ve had an on-and-off-again winter
Our temps started out real cold; down to -25 and windy. Brrr. But lately we've been having much more moderate temps and we're maybe going to hit 40 above this weekend. Translated, that means...
We hit 24 degrees last night
And yes, we had frost — again! We knew it was coming so yesterday we harvested beans like crazy; Will did two five-gallon buckets full and I did four. Then we were up until...
Q and A: sulfur in well water and baking cakes in jars
Sulfur in well water
We just bought a house in the country. We will be moving in around Christmas. Everything checks out OK, we had the inspection today, but the water stinks like sulfur. I...
Spring is here; I’m starting my first seeds!
Well, spring is officially here on our homestead, even though it was 6° F this morning. Because peppers and petunias take quite a while to grow to decent size, I start both of them...