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Meats and fish may be canned, dehydrated, hot smoked or frozen. Pressure canning is the only safe canning method for processing shelf stable low-acid food with a pH higher than 4.6.
Do you own a Dial-Gauge Pressure Canner? Pressure canners need to be tested annually to ensure dial gauges are accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.
Videos from recent presentations in collaboration with Yolo County Library, as well as some from our archives, are here. Click the title link to download the presentation
Most gardening books, catalogs, and seed packets refer to plant hardiness zones, climate zones, or growing zones. Temperature hardiness climate zones are based on normally expected high and low temperatures and serve as guides to help you know which plants will grow where you live.
Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden Vegetable Garden Basics Compost in a Hurry Vegetable Information from California Garden Web UC Davis - Good Life Garden A Garden of Words (bilingual gardening dictionary) Vegetable Gardening Guide...
Hiring a Pest Control Company information Pesticides: Safe and Effective Use Pesticides and Water Quality Information related to specific pesticides Other resourcesInsects, Mites, Mollusks (snails), and Nematodes (microscopic worms) Flowers-look up by flower which pest may be harming your blooms Orn...
Beneficial insects (a.k.a. natural enemies) are any of a number of species of insects that perform valued services like pollination and pest control. Beneficial insects may sometimes appear as scary or ugly, but are indeed good insects to have in your yard.
