QandA: Canning potato soup, Building up poor soil, and Congrats

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Canning potato soup Potato soup, can I put potatoes, onions, and celery in a quart jar and can it all together for 40 minutes? In your book it says 30 minutes for pint or half...

Q and A: fruit tree recommendation and life of canned food

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Fruit tree recommendation I live in Central Oregon in a high desert, where we have cold long winters and hot summers. I would like to have a peach tree; do you have any recommendations for...

Q and A: enchilada sauce and green beans

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Enchilada sauce I have a #10 can of La Victoria Enchilada Sauce that I would like to re-can into smaller usable jars. (pint) Would I process it at 12# (for our altitude) for 35 minutes...

Q and A: Meals in a jar and storing homemade pasta

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Meals in a jar Is there a meals in a jar cookbook? New here and haven't heard. Also, is there a "how to" book on planting heirloom veggies for planting in the South? Cathy Thompson Cherokee, Iowa There...

Q and A: Tomatoes not ripening and first time pressure canner

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Tomatoes not ripening My tomatoes are bearing well but are not ripening. Good vegetation, the ones that have ripened appear healthy, loads hanging on the vines green as grass. It's October! Is there anything to...