and if Russia fires up it's malware , we may need it.  Only one of our four apples trees gave us apples this year.  The trees seem to ...

enough for a winter and spring worth of butternut soup. We love butternut squash soup.  I make some with apples and ginger,  and some with...

and some things I learned. Pears do not ripen well on the tree and are picked unripened. They will ripen after picking by leaving them ...

are delicious. Peaches prepped and ready to be sliced: All done: I have 14 half pint jars of sliced peaches: Still to do: ...

a challenge. I've discovered that like with beets, the world is evenly divided into those who love orange marmalade or those who cring...

except I froze the roasted tomatoes. I heard a rumor that the SCoaMF  went golfing yesterday.  Does he have no shame?  Silly question.  Ho...

couldn't be easier. The cherry peppers were my major goal when planting all the pepper plants.  All the other peppers were just compan...

is as important as what not to can. Some items are harder to safely can than others.  My Hansel eggplant s have started to spit out bun...

without beans. I'll add beans later before serving.  I didn't want to mess with dried beans and I was afraid canned beans would tu...

which is better; raw or hot pack? (NB - this should have been posted hours ago, but a transformer close to our house blew, sounding much l...