Monthly Archives: November 2009

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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To all my Backwoods Home family, let us all be truly thankful for all we have and dream of tomorrows. -- Jackie

The good new is that I’m canning venison; the bad news...

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I'm once again canning up a deer that my son, Bill, donated. It's lucky he did, too, as we didn't have much luck this...

Mom is home from rehab!

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I brought Mom home from rehab at the nursing home Friday. And we look on it as a major miracle. When she was in...

I just finished canning some smoked pork shoulder that friends brought...

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It's deer hunting season here in northern Minnesota, so I'm quickly canning up some great smoked pork shoulder that my friends, Pam and Joan,...

Will’s fixing Old Yeller and I’m getting the orchard and garden...

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Our beloved old 1010 John Deere crawler, nicknamed "Old Yeller," is finally getting fixed. Because Will knew it would be a rough job, he...