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It’s no secret how costly dried herbs are in the baking isle at the supermarkets. Learn how easy it is to dry your own fresh rosemary and save on the family budget.
You’ll be amazed at how much better freshly dried rosemary tastes as well. Try these 4 simple ways to dry fresh rosemary and decide which way is best for you....

Oven canning used to be popular around the turn of the 20th century, where it seemed a handy way to keep the house cooler (before air conditioning, better home insulation, etc) than water bath canning. Some found that their fruit and veggies canned held...

Lookup sterilizing canning jars and you’ll get all kinds of ideas from putting them into the oven, the microwave or running them through the dishwasher.
But just what is the correct way to sterilize jars and do you have to do it every time? You’ll find all the answers in one place in this article. Learn not only how to properly sterilize them, but also when you can skip this step and move on to the next...

If you pulled an almost ripe tomato from the vine only to find that it has an eraser size hole in it? Nothing is more frustrating than picking a tomato off the vine only to find that it is rotting from the inside out and has this pencil eraser size hole...