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Using Pectin is Key to Jams and Jellies By Erin Mittelstaedt Canning helps us make new family traditions and memories. This year it was a kitchen covered in splashes of red pomegranate juice; mashing batches of persimmons to music; and making massive amounts of spaghetti sauce with my brother’s family, kids and all. I often [...]
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The Pear Champ By Pia Hinckle SANTA ROSA, CA– Marie Seppa knows her way around a canner. A spry 91-year-old with bright blue eyes, Marie has been canning since she was a child growing up on a farm in Eastern Oregon in the ‘20s. Her specialty: pears. “All pears can, but I love Bartletts,” says [...]
By Paul Muller of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop The farm is sliding into the rhythm of a welcome fall. Last week’s rain was a signal to slow down, breathe deeply, and remember crisp, clean October color. Damp air permeated even the driest of spaces and the moisture washed everything clean. The [...]
Harvest time always brings an embarrassment of riches to your table. What to do with 25 pounds of zucchini? Tomatoes finally came in last week? Can’t eat another pear tart but ready to try making preserves? Using this basic primer on canning — or jarring, really — anyone can do it. Jar fresh tomatoes, fruits, [...]
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WEST Gravenstein Apple Fair Sebastopol, CA (Sonoma Co.) Aug. 14-15 Preparing the Fall Garden Class Santa Cruz, CA Aug. 28 Old-Fashioned Threshing Bee Templeton, CA (San Luis Obispo Co.) Sept. 4 CENTRAL Summer Canning Basics Class Kalamazoo, MI Aug. 17 & 19 Indiana Honey Bee Awareness Day Terre Haute, IN Aug. 21 Heirloom Tomato Weekend [...]
Peaches! Tomatoes! Blackberries! Oh my! The peak of summer harvest brings an embarrassment of riches to your table. Why not preserve some of your favorite summer tastes for later in the year? Here’s a basic primer on canning, or jarring, that anyone can do. You can jar fresh tomatoes, fruits, and vegetables, or sauces and [...]
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