Washing soda... I learned tonight as I was looking for a recipe for home made laundry soap that you can make washing soda from baking soda....
nope, not a stitch for any holiday except the garland for the mantle at Christmas time. I am pretty boring. Once it is up it may not come down...
BUT after I looked again at the picture, are those the flower "bulbs" not the root bulbs? If you dug those , wow, they are small, but if that came...
Just eat them. Small garlic makes small bulbs, generally. Sorry, I don't know about the sweet potatoes. I don't grow them.
Barb, the last thing I wanted to do and really didn't have time to do was butcher the broilers...that said, I tossed all the parts except the...
Jane, I hadn't thought to add potatoes to the soup, but that would be very filling...mmmm mmmm mmmm. I don't butcher the laying hens... Those...
I was at the store one morning and they had a bin full of boneless skinless chicken breast marked down since it was on it's last sell by date......
Wow, Barb, what do you use all that lime juice for and will you use it all up this coming year? and pickled cauliflower? do you use that as a...
I call them drops because they fall without being swayed by the wind. Most likely windfall is the term most people use, but sometimes as I am...
Barb, That is a lot of jars. I don't think I have nearly that many including pints and 1/2 pints. But, on to the others retuning the jars...if you...
Hi Barb, Thanks, I had the busiest Summer and Fall in the last three years.... Thankful I was for it. Now, I will keep on putting up whatever I...
I spent most of my day waiting on my dad for a surgery. It was scheduled at 11:00, but got bumped to 5:00 due to an emergency for another...
Great, Jane! I had a g.hog eating my Fall crop of lettuce this year...grrr! It ate off quite a bit before I was able to catch it. I even put an...
I just set my canner on the concrete floor when I am done with the batch. This really helps pull the heat off fast without pulling the liquid out...
I used Jonagold, Jonathan and a newer variety called Freedom. The Freedom were drops that sat in my basement for about two weeks, maybe longer. I...
Today I pressed cider from apples that were drops. Last week I pressed apple cider from apples that I picked. The apple cider that I pressed today...
Why, Thank you Oubee. I think I am very blessed in being able to preserve the things I grow and know that while we may not have an abundance of...
Thanks for checking Henry before starting. This is in a pressure canner, not the hot water bath. I will go back and edit the section, though,...
KK, The older P. canners were a little more dangerous. The new ones have safety valves installed and you change the plug every time you change the...
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