Monthly Archives: April 2013

Q and A: GMO seeds and canning butter

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GMO seeds My wife and I are trying to get a good supply of non GMO seeds for seed saving. We went to local areas...

Our sow, Blondie, just had 11 cute baby pigs

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We've been waiting like expectant parents as our big sow, Blondie, got bigger and fatter. She developed an udder like a Holstein cow and...

We met a lot of nice folks at the Earth Fest...

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Although the weather threatened (and later proved inhospitable), there was quite a turnout for the 2013 Earth Fest celebrating sustainability at Mountain Iron, Minnesota,...

We sold our bull and now have a pretty jersey heifer

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Since we had no use for our bull, Mack, from our shorthorn milking cow, Lace, we decided to sell him as a breeding bull....

Q and A: canning potatoes and green beans and sugarless strawberry...

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Canning potatoes and green beans Do you use raw potatoes and green beans in this canning recipe? Is it still an approved recipe? An older...