Monthly Archives: August 2015
Q and A: mushy pickles and tomato juice
Mushy pickles
With dill pickles, why are cucumbers raw packed into jars and then filled with brine solution while sweet pickles (like B&B's) are...
Q and A: Hopi Pale Grey squash, canning corn, and canning...
Hopi Pale Grey squash
Not a question... planted the Hopi squash I bought from you. OMG! The plants are about 20' wide. In fact,...
As usual, our beavers were right
We had a very hot, dry summer. Around here, some swamps are dry and even rivers are showing more rocks than water. Yep, we...
Q and A: spaghetti squash and canning lamb/beef bones
Spaghetti squash
This is my first year of growing spaghetti squash, and I baked my first one today. The inside didn't come out stringy...
We have a new baby
Wednesday, our half Jersey heifer, Surprise, had her baby -- a pretty heifer we are calling Fern because she's just the color of dead...