If you want to preserve some homegrown produce this summer, there are some canning and preserving supplies you need. Depending on what you are preserving, you may need either a water bath canner or a pressure canner. I also want to preface this post by saying that some of these items are becoming difficult to find. It seems more and…
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The Best Canning and Preserving Supplies
The Best Canning and Preserving Books
There are so many canning and preserving books on the market today, it can be difficult to know how to choose one or two. Especially if you are just beginning to preserve your garden harvest, your first book should be a basic preserving book that explains the methods step-by-step. Listed below are some of the best canning and preserving books…
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How To Keep Chickens Cool In The Summer
Preview: This post shares several things you can do to help keep chickens cool during the summer heat. During the summer months, your chickens likely don’t have the benefit of air conditioning like humans do. Their normal body temperature is between 105 and 107 degrees. Once the temperature rises above the mid 80’s, your chickens will start to suffer in…
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Heat Tolerant Lettuce
Preview: Growing lettuce in the summer can be tricky. These tips and tricks plus heat tolerant lettuce varieties will help you extend your harvest into the summer. Every year at the height of salad season, just as the tomatoes start to ripen, my lovely homegrown lettuce decides to give up and go to seed. And it’s always sad. One day…
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How To Hand Pollinate Squash & Zucchini
Preview: This tutorial will explain why you might want to hand pollinate your squash and how to do it properly. If you aren’t harvesting lots of squash from your plants, you may wonder what is wrong. Squash and zucchini produce prolifically so you rarely need more than a couple of plants for a small family. And while there can be…
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How to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden
Attracting pollinators will help ensure a successful vegetable garden. But how do you get the bees and other pollinators to show up? These tips will help you attract more pollinators to your garden. What Pollinators Are Best? Let’s cover a few things about pollinators. While bees are the insects that people most often think of when they think of pollinators,…
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Common Chicken Predators
There are many chicken predators that want to make a tasty meal of your chickens or their eggs. These are the most common ones you may encounter and the best ways to foil them. Warning: There are a few details of our raccoon attack that may not be suitable for children to read. How to Identify Your Chicken Predators Many…
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