I have most of the tomatoes transplanted
With all of the main crop tomatoes transplanted, I quickly transplanted a few new ones a customer sent me. They had gotten very leggy, due to lack of sun. But, I've found that by...
We had a Merry Christmas
And now a major storm is bearing down on us. So far we've had a relatively mild winter for Northern Minnesota, but that's due to change tonight. They're forecasting from 12 to 14 inches...
Harvest time is now upon us
Despite the drought and super high (for us) temperatures all summer, our crops are finally rewarding us with their first bounty. Today I picked a basket full of nice ripe tomatoes of many different...
Harvest time is here — big time
Boy, are things ever getting ripe. I'm hurrying to get the early tomatoes seeded to save their seeds. So far the early winners this year are: Earlibell, Italian Paste, Morovsky Div, Silvery Fir Tree,...
Canning raspberry sauce and homesteading burnout, Cold pack, and Winter wheat
Canning raspberry sauce and homesteading burnout
I'm wondering if it is possible to modify a canning recipe to safely can a larger size jar than specified in the recipe? Specifically, I've been putting up raspberry...