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I know that you can use a boiling water bath to can tomatoes because of the acid content of the tomatoes. Earlier this week I made some pepper/pear chutney that also contained onion and I used a boiling water bath to can it, but this is possible because of the vinegar. But what about making...

Has anyone ever made paper from kenaf? One of the issues on my Mother Earth News archive discs mentions that you can make paper from sunflowers, but the article didn't give any details. Does anyone know how?

The Southern Association of Political Scientists (SAPS), meeting at their quadrennial national convention at Whatsamatta U, have announced their acceptance of a $12 million federal grant to study the pacass. The pacass is either of two species of bacteria in the genus Washingtonii...

My family has a long and sordid history with the medical profession. So based on my experience I propose a new Hippocratic oath- not entirely tongue-in-cheek. Anyone wishing to add MD to their name must declare: 1. I will medicate a patient when I need to and not simply because I can. 2. I...

I am hoping that sometime this coming winter or spring I will be a position where I can purchase some farmland that can be used as an eco-village. I have enough money to buy land now, but my mother is scheduled to have surgery this November and I cannot decide anything about land until she has...