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Let’s face it, when you have a flock of chickens, you’re rollin’ in the eggs. I have flock of 14 hens. In a typical day, one’s broody, one’s molting, and a couple of others are otherwise takin’ the day off. I’m still collecting about 10 eggs per day.

Home canning is a terrific way to rid your pantry of commercially processed foods. Here’s a canning primer, complete with a bit of canning history, reasons for the current canning resurgence, and even a bit of troubleshooting.

From-scratch tomato sauce is an absolute necessity in my home. It’s great to have tomato sauce on hand when making pasta dishes, soups, or chilis. And the best thing about this recipe is that you know exactly where every ingredient came from.

The vegan mayo was a happy accident. I was trying to make a different version of home-made margarine last year, tried agar agar instead of lecithin, and ended up with creamy, fluffy, cholesterol-free and salmonella-free mayo.