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Personally, the most difficult part of canning is all the prep work and I don't even use a canner for jam or pickles, but that's just me. Berry jam would be the easiest to start with. Read the directions included in pectin box (surejel or mcp) before you do anything else, have everything...

I've planted store bought potatoes, garlic, tomatoes, peppers and dry beans. I've had success with all but the peppers and that may have been more me than the seed. The garlic, tomatoes and peppers were all planted directly in the soil, but along with regular planting seeds/starts too. I...

I buy some and I save some every year. But without bagging or any extra treatment and the only problem I've had so far with saved seed is with the carrots. I've always grown Danvers because of the hard soil and being an op variety for seed saving. One year I planted my saved seed and a packet of...

I love Brandywine tomatoes, I usually get huge fruit and VERY tasty :drool As for green tomato recipes, you could try... 1. green tomato pie-(made and tastes just like apple pie, but with green toms instead of apples) 2. salsa, relish or chow chow. 3. fried green toms-I've sliced them, dredge...

Sorry, but I thought of another question. Two of my apple trees also have suckers growing. One is a standard Gravenstein and the other is a dwarf Red Delicious. Can I dig off these suckers (with some roots) and plant them for additional trees? I would think so of the Gravenstein since it's a...

I am not tech savvy enough to figure out how to post pics from my computer. I've read the instructions and have tinkered around and still can't figure it out. Anyway, I bought and planted the tree 10 years ago, about 4-5 years ago the Bartlett branch broke off and 3 years ago this sucker(or?)...

Several years ago, we planted a 3-way pear tree. Bartlett, Red and one other I don't remember (kids pulled all nametags) but has standard green/yellow pears on it. 2 or 3 years ago the Barlett branch was broken off and since the tree has grown several new sprouts from the roots that have been...