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I would go to the National Center for Home Food Preservation website http://nchfp.uga.edu/ You will find info and recipes on canning apples.

I don't have a parts list but the tractor is 6'x12' and we used about 200' of EMT conduit. That includes the wings. If you don't have predators, you could skip the wings. We have seen mink, coyote, bear, and fox on our 40 acres not to mention the area dogs, raccoons, etc. All welds were...

Made several batches of strawberry rhubarb jam when my sister visited last week. She doesn't can so we had fun doing something she doesn't normally do. I sent all but one jar with her to share with other family that live near her so had to make more a few days later. Don't ask me for the...

Wow, beautiful birds.

Hi chicken boy I'm new to raising meat birds myself and am reading meaties 101. Hope it helps. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/436974/meaties-101

Thank you Flowerchild59 The recipe looks really good and I copied it to try later.

I've had feather pecking too. Try giving them a little more protein and something to keep them from being board. Also, if it is only one bird, check out pinless peepers for her. If the pecking goes on to long, she could teach others to peck too. I had a few peckers and didn't nip it in the...

I can my vegetables in quarts and still have to open two jars for a meal. I feed three men and myself and we are not light eaters. Two quarts of vegetables for a meal is the norm but we usually have a bit leftover for the clean out the frig meal we have about once a week.

Thank you Darklingstorm I have both a smoker and a dehydrator so I will give the smoked dried peppers a try when I do my big harvest in late summer. The zucchini cream sounds yummy. I will do some looking at my local library to see what books they might have. Thanks again.

Darklingstorm, welcome. How do you smoke and dehydrate peppers? That sounds so good. Also, zucchini cream? I don't post much but I love reading about everyone's canning. I have been canning green beans, blackberry jam, relishes, dill pickles (my first try), blueberry jam and pie filling and...

Re: squash polination I use to have problems with polination in my garden, not just squash but with everything. Since my neighbor decided to raise bees my garden is so much more productive. His "girls" are over in my garden all the time. I do my part by not spraying anything on my garden...