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Our snow is melting and Will is working on the barn...

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Our latest four inches of snow is pretty much gone now and we're glad. Will is trying hard to get the steel on the...

Q and A: storing food in a humid environment, canning chicken,...

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Storing food in a humid environment I live in Louisiana where is is summer about 9.5 months a year, very hot and close to 100%...

Q and A: sterilizing jars and hens not laying

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Sterilizing jars How do you sterilize Ball jars? How do you remove bubbles from the jars? Lawrence Daly Mays Landing, New Jersey You sterilize canning jars by simmering...

We’ve already put some of our windfall plywood to use

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Yesterday I went town to get to two bearings I'd ordered for the wind charger. While I was gone, Will and David unloaded, by...

Q and A: traumatized hens and raising poultry and pigs

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Traumatized hens Our Easter egg chickens were traumatized about 2 months ago when stray dogs attacked the free ranging flock and killed 3 hens. They...