Monthly Archives: October 2011
Planting pumpkins and molting chickens
Planting pumpkins
I just want to plant pie pumpkins but do not want them spreading all over my garden. Because of being gone most of...
Canning tomatoes, growing potatoes, and ham and beans recipe
Canning tomatoes
I am canning tomatoes for the first time. We are blanching the tomatoes and peeling the skin off but leaving them whole and...
Will’s still peeling logs for the second set of floor joists
It seems like Will's been busy all summer peeling logs. That's because he has! Any structures built from scratch (as in logs) DO take...
While we keep getting ready for winter, my satellite service is...
We are doing the normal getting ready for winter stuff; splitting firewood, canning, weatherizing the buildings and everything's going nicely. Everything except for three...
Q and A: Wringer washer, Canning at 1,400 feet, and stewed...
Wringer washer
Just bought an Maytag wringer washer. The wringer is not working, but there is a hollow hose, the size of a spark plug...