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Tips for Successful Canning with 60+ Years of Experience
By Katie Bigley

Canning can be a very rewarding hobby as there is nothing like the feeling of stocking your cabinets with homegrown food or gifting your friends your secret recipe salsa made with tomatoes from your backyard. But, for someone with no experience who wants to begin canning on their own, it may seem time-consuming and daunting. Ginger, a cashier at Quincy Farm & Home Supply has years of canning experience and shares some information on how to get started. It’s not as complicated as you might think!

Meet Ginger – Farm & Home Supply’s very own “expert canner”. She has been with the Quincy team for almost eight years. What makes Ginger the go-to person for canning needs? Just her casual 60+ years of experience!

When I asked Ginger how she got into canning, she shared that her grandmother began to teach her about canning when she was about 5 or 6 years old with

Best Tips on Keeping Your Horse Cool with Quest Stables
by Katie Bigley

Summer is a busy time for most horse owners, as the weather is warmer, and activities start picking back up again. Whether it be fairs, shows, competitions, or trail riding – it’s important to know the needs of your horses now that the heat is in full force during this busy season! With that, I decided to reach out to Quest Stables located just outside of Quincy, IL to see how they keep their horses cool. But before we get into heat-related stuff, let’s give Quest Stables the recognition it so greatly deserves.

If you haven’t heard of Quest Stables before, let me give you a quick background on how this wonderful organization came about. Back in 2009, there was an unfortunate situation in Hannibal, MO that prompted a group of girls to take action and save the horses involved. This group of girls had a grandmother who had the perfect property to take in these horses, and the girls did just