Seven Best Annual Flowers for Your Veggie Gardens

 

Seven Best Annuals for Veggie Gardens

Gardens can tend to look rather bland and can be more practical than beautiful. The addition of beautiful flowering plants can bring back the beauty that every garden deserves. Using the right annual plants strategically will not only bring the garden back to life visually but can help your veggies stay healthy and pest free.

 

Choosing the Right Bird Feeder

Walking out on my back deck at 7 a.m. and hearing the happy chirping of the birds I have drawn into my yard makes the perfect start to my day.

 

Great Gifts for Bird Lovers!

Whether it's a birthday gift, Mother's Day, Christmas, or just a thank you for that bird lover you know, here are some great gift ideas!

Importance of Headspace when Canning

 

Why is headspace so important?

Headspace is the space at the top of the canning jar between the underside of the lid and the top of the food or liquid in the jar. 

Quite simply, it's important because having the correct amount of headspace in the jar is important in order to get a good vacuum seal during processing.

Using Vinegar for Canning

 

Which Vinegar to use in Canning

If you have been looking into the process of canning your own food, you've undoubtedly noticed a lot of talk about safe canning.  Some of the most-asked canning questions relate to the correct use of vinegar.

Ingredients Not Safe to Can

 

List of Items NOT Safe to Can

There are many critical areas of canning to learn before beginning, and one of the most important things to learn about canning is the ingredients that you should NOT can.  It may surprise the new canner to learn that there are foods that simply cannot be canned safely.  

Great Books for Food Preservers

 

 

Great Books for New Food Preservers

Whether you are growing food yourself or taking advantage of sales at farmers' markets or the grocery store, the following books can get you rolling on the path to preserving food.  With the uncertainty of what lies ahead with our current food system, there is no better time to learn to preserve food than right now.