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How to Pressure Can Black Beans: A Step-by-Step Guide

Now that things are really calming down around here—the fall harvest has nearly all been processed, the holiday season is ...

Garden Update: February 2025

As I’m writing this, we are experiencing one of the coldest Februarys that I can remember. Normally at this time ...

How to Make Delicious Homemade Rhubarb Jelly: A Step-by-Step Guide

Rhubarb is one of those plants where if you have it, you have a ton of it. We don't actually ...

Garden Update: January 2025

As I write the first draft of this post, the temperature outside is somewhere around -32 degrees Celsius (-26 F) ...

How to Make and Can Cranberry Juice (Three Methods)

My husband and I had high hopes of making it out to a provincial park this fall to forage for ...

Garden Update: December 2024

Well, we've finally reached Winter here in Winnipeg. As I'm writing this, the city is digging itself out of a ...

How to Can Chicken (Raw Pack Method)

I'm sure many of you had a reaction when reading the title "How to Can Chicken". For many folks, I'm ...

How to Dry Chamomile Flowers for Tea

This year in the garden has seen us expand into other areas beyond simply preserving vegetables and fruit. We’ve been ...

Garden Update: November 2024

While stuff has stopped growing in the garden for weeks now, we’re still busy wrapping up the tail end of ...