They Call Me Betty Cracker

I scored 50 pounds of beautiful Roma tomatoes.  My ultimate goal is to process 100 pounds of tomatoes this summer, so after I am don...

We eat a lot of beans in this house, a lot of beans.  So I can them.  I can them purely for ease and convenience.  Some will argue that...

I saw a sign from a local farm offering free kale if you come and pick it yourself.  I couldn't resist that deal, so I grabb...

So you've finished making your spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce, puree or whatever is was you were doing with your tomatoes and you are...

I searched and searched, but it seems that we have run out of spaghetti sauce, a major event in this house.  Spaghetti is one of the fe...

It took me awhile to get up the nerve to can chicken.  I just wasn't sure how it would taste. Now I am so glad I did.   It is fan...

It all started when I realized that a whole lot of the beautiful vegetables from my garden had gone to waste. Oh I had wanted to learn to ...