"If my reward for that kindness is to have to deal with unscrupulous creeps who feel entitled to do as they please with my work, then something needs to change." But, it really is the bad percentage that we often react to, isn't it. I'm sure you've had a ton of profiteers stealing your work, but are they really the majority of people using your work? (and by using, I mean, visiting your site, reading your site, looking at your photos.) I would guess the majority, were people who -didn't- take your stuff, and just really enjoy your website. (How many hits does your site get and how many instances of copyright violation are there?) I can totally see how you'd get tired and frustrated from having to protect your copyright. Your site was one of the first that I found when I was looking for more information on Old Roses. (Google quite likes you as I'm sure you know.) And it's your choice. So please don't think I'm blaming you. But something doesn't necessarily "need to change". It has to change for you because that's where you're personal line of "enough is enough" is, but it's a choice. All the emails I've gotten over the years, and the friends I've made from being online and the unusual opportunities,... those to me outweigh my personal profiteers. Everyone has to make their own choices as to where that "worth it" line is. Like I said before, I have friends (who are artists) who don't post their work online for these reasons. campanula - I think if someone owns the copyright to something, it should not be stolen, according to the legal rules of copyright (whatever that is in each instance). I don't think that it's related to how famous or even how talented the owner of the copyright is. I don't really understand why we even have to argue the worth or how "professional" something is. If you create a work of art, you own the copyright. Even if it is hideous or amateurish. on the notion of taking photos of people's private gardens without permission. I must admit that over the past few months, when I drive by a house with a particularly beautiful garden, I stop and quickly take a photo. I've been saving these photos in a private folder on my computer. At one point, I'd thought about posting a thread sharing the photos so that other people could admire or be inspired by them, but then, I was also worried that perhaps by chance, one of the garden owners might see the thread and somehow be annoyed that I'd posted a photo of their garden without permission. So I haven't, and probably wont.

Hopefully this will clarify. I have a copy of the latest edition. The majority of recipes in "So Easy to Preserve" are the ones you see on the NCHFP site. I haven't gone through the index to check each-and-every recipe, but my guess is few, if none, are specific to the book. Most of the book is a basic manual covering the same information about canning fruits, vegetables, meats, relishes, pickles, etc. I'd guess their main intent in offering it is to provide a print source for those who don't have computer access (or good access) and those who prefer to have a print source to refer to. So if you click on this link for tomatoes you'll find a whole range of canning information and recipes, the same you'd see in "So Easy to Preserve". NCHFP How to Can Tomatoes. To answer gran2's question, here's a clickable map of all the states. So if you click on Washington, for instance, it will take you directly to Washington State University's Extension site. Clickable Map of State Extension Services. There's a lot of "cross-fertilization" of Extension agencies. So you might find a document on canning seafood from Oregon Extension posted on Virginia's website. Colorado's info on hot peppers is on lots of other state sites and Washington Extension agents developed some salsa recipes posted all over the country. Extension agencies have limited resources, so many of them specialize. Washington, AFAIK, puts most of its energy into horticultural and environmental studies. But individual counties in the Washington system do publish home preserving info. Here's one from Clark County: Clark County Food Safety and Nutrition Page. The most efficient way to find any of the information you want is to do an advanced search on Google or other service. Include "Extension" in the search string and indicate you only want ".edu" pages. That way the results will be limited to Extension agency documents, which are as reliable as it gets in home food preservation. (With rare exceptions where an extension service will still have an out-of-date document posted.) Carol

hockeychik - I have also had periodic, unexplained troubles accessing the site. In fact when charnol first posted this I almost chastised him/her for giving a bad link because it brought me to one of those bogus search engines. I'm glad I didn't though because after a bit of playing I got there. Like I said, unexplained. And yes I know how to spell Miele. Anyway right now I'm having no issues.

Here is the link to Dottie's Weight Loss Zone. She has lot's of recipes and can probably send you on to others. Dody Here is a link that might be useful: Dottie's Weight Loss Zone