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014 All About Pressure Canning With Ernest Miller

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Food, Food Preservation, Podcasts
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...s: USDA Guide to Home Canning So Easy to Preserve National Center for Home Food Preservation Ball University of Alaska Fish Canning Recipes We conclude with answer to listener questions including: Modifying recipes The difference between pressure cookers and canners Glass top and induction ranges and pressure canning Canning salsas Canning meats You can follow Ernie’s company, Rancho La Merced Provisions on Facebook. Make sure to check out his bea...

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Adopt an Indigo Plant in Los Angeles

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Events, Gardening
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...easy to grow. All it needs is lots of sunshine, plenty of water, and some food. As an experiment, I’ve germinated a bunch of indigo seeds and want to get the seedlings into as many people’s hands as possible! I hope to spread the wonder about the fact that color can be grown, to raise the consciousness of humanity’s original sources of pigment, and to get people to exercise their thumbs, green or otherwise! The pigment can be extracted from the m...

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005 Amy and Vince of Tenth Acre Farm

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Gardening, Permaculture, Podcasts
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...ive brake bleeder. This is a cool and low cost alternative to the electric Food Saver vacuum sealer. And Amy discussed her provocative post on why they don’t keep chickens. According to Amy, homesteading is “more of a marathon than a sprint.” They are in it for the long hall. We conclude by having Vince and Amy answer a Listener question about living a sustainable life in a cold climate (something we know nothing about!). Amy mentions growing frui...

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How to Organize a Small Workshop

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Design
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...ial out-feed table for a table saw, miter saw etc. Use chalkboard paint to label cabinets and drawers. Clean as you work. I don’t always live up to this principle in the workshop or in the kitchen, but when you don’t have a lot of room you’ve got to put stuff back and get rid of scraps otherwise things get ugly and dangerous. Thou shalt not store crap in thy workshop. A clean and organized workshop is inspiring. Banish the crap and you’ll make spa...

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