by Renee Pottle | Oct 5, 2016 | canning, Canning and Preserving
Don’t forget to label your homemade jams, jellies and other treats for safe gift-giving. A few years ago my mother-in-law bought us a jar of homemade onion relish at the local harvest fair. The relish certainly looked festive, but we didn’t dare eat it. Why? Because... 
by Renee Pottle | Oct 3, 2016 | canning, Canning and Preserving
Ok, maybe not everything, but enough to fill your pantry! Now is the time to clean up the garden and get the pickling done. If you have never made pickles before, you are in for a nice surprise. Canning pickles is an easy project that allows more creativity than the... 
by Renee Pottle | Sep 28, 2016 | Canning and Preserving, Pickles
Nostalgic for some tasty, old-fashioned treats? Start with spiced, candied apple rings. If you grew up in the 1950’s or 60’s you may fondly remember spiced apple rings. In an age when boxed spaghetti and sauce and brightly colored Kool-Aid® (with cyclamates!) were de... 
by Renee Pottle | Sep 1, 2016 | Canning and Preserving, Instagram, Pickles
Skinny, purple filet beans are fun to grow and make an unusual pickle. Growing French Beans I have been growing these skinny purple beans for a few years now. Like most backyard green beans, they are easy to grow and quite prolific, so you get a lot of food for little... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 11, 2016 | Canned or Preserved Fruits and Vegetables, Canning and Preserving, Instagram
Combine tasty stone fruits and a bit of unusual spice for a mixed fruit treat. I was one of those kids who loved canned fruit cocktail. It seemed pretty exotic to those of us who lived in cold, remote places back in the ’60s. It also helped that as a kid I didn’t have...