I’d canned vegetables, fruits and jams for years, but I was a bit skeptical when I first heard about canning meat. How could that possibly be safe, I wondered, and what would the quality of the finished product be? Then, ...
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Let’s Talk Fertilizer: Which Manure Is Right For You?
I admit it—when I first started gardening, I was a little overly ambitious. My approach to growing vegetables was simple. In my mind, any old patch of soil in my backyard would do. All I needed was my green thumb ...
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Have you ever picked up a book, skimmed through it and thought, “Yes, this is exactly what I’m looking for!” only to get home and find out you’ve bought something with a bunch of fluff and not much substance? That ...
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If you’re like half of our readers, you live either in a suburb, a subdivision, in the city proper or in an apartment. Your choices appear very limited in what you can do as far as growing food or raising ...
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