Canning Basics

Home canning or preserving can be a very rewarding task. Once you know the basics it’s pretty easy and very safe if you follow the recommendations and don’t take short cuts.
It may seem like lots of work to start with but come winter, and around here they come soon and last forever, opening a jar of home [...]

Simple Food

Food and eating are the heart to our family and I’m sure an important part in your life’s also. Meal time around here is something looked forward to by every one. It’s the few times a day everyone comes together to talk, laugh and share their day with everyone. To unwind, catch up and recharge [...]

Drying herbs

While I don’t grow large amounts of herbs here this year, in fact what I do have are in pots. Last year the small herb bed I had been using was dug up completely and new compost and manure put in it. I am going to let it “sit” this year and replant it again [...]

Preserving Berries

 
There are several ways I preserve berries here. This mostly depends on what kind they are and what my plans for them are.
You will need the following general information and tables:
 ** Head Space
Container With Wide Top Opening
Liquid pack (fruit packed in sugar, syrup)

Pints leave 1/2″ head space

Quarts leave 1″ head space

Dry pack (containers without sugar or liquids)

Pints [...]