Monthly Archives: September 2012

Indian summer is here

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After very cold temperatures -- 20 degrees at night and a HIGH of 42 degrees -- the weather's warming up to a pretty Indian...

Q and A: drying corn, canning salmon roe, honey, and plantar...

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Drying corn We had some food grade corn given to us and are wanting to store for use later as corn meal. We have gotten...

Q and A: making pickles, preserving squash, and growing squash

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Making pickles Do you have a recipe for making dill cucumbers with lemon juice instead of vinegar? It just sounds healthier, if it is possible. Nancy...

There’s more than one way to skin a cat

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Our friend, Eric, lives off grid. He works hard and enjoys a solar shower every evening. But now it's getting colder and the sun...

Our pigs love harvest time!

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Although our pigs have been getting garden waste since mid-summer, it consisted mainly of hail-damaged tomatoes, rodent-chewed melons and squash, weeds, and other such...