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