Posts by ahuva

Hi, It's been a long time since I've been on these boards, but I thought you all might have some good ideas. My 5 yo DS is a dreamer. I've also got a 2.5 yo and a 3 mo. We're having a lot of trouble with listening these days. When...

Wow. It's nice to "talk" this over with other mamas. I wanted to offer diapers again (just when at home. he doesn't have problems at school, interestingly enough), but my dh was strongly against the idea. I could bring it up...

Hi, I'm starting a new thread because constipation is not part of our problem. The story is long and involved, but my dh and I are at the end of our ropes and are desperate for advice. We potty trained my DS at three years. It's...

Okay. I'm convinced about not using milk powder. But I buy raw milk and I'm not thrilled about the idea of boiling the milk, b/c it would probably destroy some of the nutrients. I guess I'll try to use more of the cream on the top and...

I would normally balk at adding powered milk, but I'm intrigued because one of my complaints about our homemade yogurt is that it's not thick enough. Is there something concrete that someone can tell me about powerded milk being...

I just read that book too! I don't think I have much to add to answering your questions, especially because I'm such a novice in this world, but I'm curious to hear what others have to say. I've canned tomatoes, frozen sauces,...

Hi I ordered 40# of tomatoes yesterday and we did a late-night canning session. We canned 4 qts of whole tomatoes and 4 qts of tomatoes puree. Most of the whole tomatoes look okay, but one of them doesn't have liquid that goes all...

Well, they were on a rack, and I did pour hot syrup in also, but it wasn't at a rolling boil when I did it. I did run a knife around the edge of the fruit, but I'm thinking I didn't do such a great job about getting all of those bubbles...

I just finished processing a batch of canned peaches, and when I went to take them out of the pot, every single jar had broken at the bottom. What happened? I'm still mourning the loss of all of the peaches, and I have no idea what I did...

Okay. I found Ball low/no sugar pectin, and last night I made a batch. It had a sugar guidelines chart for artificial sweeteners and honey. I did: 4 cups mashed strawberries 1 package low sugar pectin 1 cup unsweetened apple juice (...