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Decadent Chocolate Sunflowers Are The Bold Blooms Your Garden is Craving

11 Aug 2021

Are you a fan of chocolate? That rich creamy goodness covers life’s daily doldrums in a sweet, sugary coating and somehow makes everything just a little more tolerable. After all, what’s better to offset daily grind stresses like work, cleaning, kids, and traffic than a bite of creamy milk chocolate…

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How to Make Natural Aphid Killer Using Dandelions

Gardening

9 Aug 2021

Aphids can wreck havoc on your gorgeous garden, killing plants before you are able to harvest a single vegetable. Because aphids reproduce so quickly, by the time you notice the insects on your plants, you’re likely in the midst of a full-blown infestation. Thankfully, gardeners can often combat the pests…

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These Simple Pruning Techniques Will Yield a Bounty of Beautiful Tomatoes For Canning

Gardening

7 Aug 2021

Get an abundance of tomatoes every season with these amazing gardening tips and stock your pantry full of their delicious goodness year-after-year. Indeterminate tomatoes often produce abundant yields, but more often than not, lack of pruning creates a Little Shop of Horrors in your garden if your tomato plants are…

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Glossary of Canning & Culinary Terms

Safe Canning Practices

16 May 2021

Home Canning and preserving is very rewarding, but for those of you new to the science and math, canning can be quite daunting and often times challenging. Understanding the many terms used to describe various ingredients, techniques and methodologies are the building blocks for a successful and safe canning experience.…

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Food Preserving 101 Workshop – Grenville, Ohio – June 10, 2021

Classes

16 May 2021

From the Garden to the Jar! An evening with The Canning Diva® Diane Devereaux, nationally-syndicated food preservation expert and award-winning author of 3 cookbooks, has spent over 25 years mastering the art and craft of home canning and food preservation. She is the co-host of The Survival Mom Radio network…

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Organic Plant Fertilizer Giveaway

Current Events

3 May 2021

Start your 2021 Garden off right with The Canning Diva and Eartheart Natural products! I am giving away a FREE sample of Eartheart All-Purpose 100% Natural plant fertilizer to one lucky winner! To participate, leave a picture of your garden project in the comments as your submission to enter. I…

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Top 10 Rules of Pressure Canning

Tips, Tricks and Techniques

17 Feb 2021

Author of The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning, Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, shares her top ten rules of pressure canning so canners may stay safe in the kitchen and conquer their fears of using a pressure canner. I hear all the time from followers and class attendees – I…

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Canning with The Diva! Podcast Rebirth with Diane Devereaux

Current Events

7 Feb 2021

In November 2020, I dusted off my microphone, gathered up years worth of notes and recipes, secured an account with Buzzfeed and proudly resurrected my podcast Canning with The Diva!™. I am so very excited to relaunch my podcast, Canning with The Diva!™, so that I may greatly expand upon…

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Understanding Botulism When Home Canning

Safe Canning Practices

9 Sep 2020

End the misguided fear of contracting botulism while home canning. Learn what botulism is, how to kill it, and what you can do to stay safe when home canning and preserving food in jars. Let’s Talk Botulism Botulism samples in laboratory for testing The Internet and social media…

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The History of Home Canning and Preserving Food

Safe Canning Practices

26 Feb 2020

Home canning, or jarring as they say in Europe, dates back to the Napoleon War era starting in 1803. Surprised? I love sharing the long-standing history of home canning and preserving food because so many do not realize canning wasn’t “invented in America” by way of the USDA. The…

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