Monthly Archives: January 2015
What does a homesteader do for fun?
For many years, I've been working on a series of Western novels, which have mostly been sitting in a box in the closet as...
Q and A: canning in half-gallon jars, over-mature green beans, and...
Canning in half-gallon jars
Do you can anything at all in jars larger than quart size? I would like to use ½ gallon jars for...
Mittens not only kills mice and rabbits, but weasels too
Our little half-pint kitty, Mittens, has turned out to be a very efficient homestead varmint catcher. She's caught hundreds of mice, voles and shrews,...
Boy, do we go through the firewood when there’s a -50...
The last two days, we've stuffed firewood in both the kitchen range and living room stoves all day and several times during the night.
Our...
Q and A: canning green beans with bacon and pig eating...
Canning green beans with bacon
I have 2 questions concerning canning green beans. I just finished putting up 2 qts. and 4 pint and half...