Inside each trash can, down in the bottom, is the entire roll of trash bags. I can pull one off and reset the can really quickly without...

Almost 3 years ago I planted a garden at home. I wasn't living there yet, I was in transition. I went out on a summer day to collect...

This is a food blog. That means that where the food comes from is involved. Growing food and raising food is part of our vernacular....

Hold tight, this gets a little confusing with all the brands.... Waaaayyyyy back in the day, when I was moving into my first house (at...

You ever finally get something taken care of and you find out that you didn't realize how much it was actually bothering you? We...

Nah... I found myself in a discussion with a keyboard warrior the other day. This person was just sure that NEW jars were what they...

Folks are really getting interested in canning/food preservation again and this makes me SO happy! I don't know if canning skipped one...

It takes 10 full minutes at a hard rolling boil to consider a jar sterilized. At this point in my canning life, I don't even remember...

The number one reason lids fail to seal is because of an unclean rim. And you can tell me you wiped the rims over and over and I'm...

Jars of Unusual Size! Ha! (Well.... the dog thinks I'm funny....) I don't generally buy new canning jars. I started out with hand me...

Do you have extremely hard water like we do? Do your dishes come out looking like crap? Try some of these things to help! First, make...

I drive a normal everyday farm truck and I can haul alot of things; all sorts of necessary items for living on a farm and having...

The water here is very very hard and full of minerals. It comes from deep limestone wells below the plains in this part of the Midwest. ...

I've not had access to a restaurant supply store; nor have I ever shopped online for restaurant style equipment. I have a blue...

Paper towels are handy but I don't like to use too many of them. I do use them for wiping rims when canning. I have a set of everyday...

Time to clean out the fridge.... Again.... When I'm working on canning up a large amount of product; I like to fill the jars, wipe the...

You're probably wondering why I am so insistent on the 4x6 recipe cards.... I've got all my grandma's and my aunt's recipes and some of...

It's an odd thing, going from being scared of cooking and canning under pressure to being so comfortable with it, that there are 4...

I can still remember Dad yelling.... PUT IT RIGHT BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT! Well..... I got so good at it, he couldn't even tell I used...

Cooking is "serious" business. You have to know and use the correct terminology or you will be misunderstood..... Growing up, I never...