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Its a great picture. Last apartment we lived at, I had to stop some kids from putting some in their mouths that were fruiting in one...

Amanita Muscaria that I saw on a morning walk

The problem with foraged mushrooms here is that the bugs get to them while they're still tiny. I've found agaricus, but the other most...

Pears are done! I have the opportunity to strip a friends very large garden this week. She sent her girls out a few weeks ago (she's...

when i start experiencing failures i'll let y'all know. so far everything is working as it usually does.

Again, truth in that....we all need to decide for ourselves. None was willy-nilly processing. I don't forage mushrooms because of my...

Everyone needs to do their own research and set their own comfort limits. Many people don't trust home canned food at all, and that's...

While this is all true, there are choices for jars & lids that offer better quality. Those new to canning may not realize this. They...

I'm a Master Food Preserver, and I would never ever can the way my Mother did. There are so many new organisms nowadays present in food...

Yep -- both grands canned with WB. All they had. It takes longer for some items but worked well apparently as the families lived long...

i never do low acid canning (which to me would mean i'd have to get a pressure canner and i really don't want to deal with that) the...

From my perspective there's a huge difference between "proven unsafe" and "not sufficiently tested." Most of the old practices were...

Collards are planted - yay! Also a bit of oak leaf lettuce, tom thumb lettuce and some bok choy...or was it pak choy? I disremember. I...