Q and A: Canning salsa, Root cellar, and Heirloom beans

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Canning salsa Do you have to pressure can salsa? I have read some books say yes some say no. Teresa Moye Fayetteville, Georgia No, not with any of the recipes I've seen. It's perfectly safe to can using...

Fall is here for sure

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Our temperatures are starting to drop and our fall rains are kicking in periodically. It was supposed to rain today, so I set out harvesting a trailer load of gourds, fancy squash, and pumpkins...

And we thought we were busy before…

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First off, after running Will to this and that farm to get equipment/tractors (he was extremely busy trying to beat the rain that was supposed to come today), I was off to the town...

Our little goat cottage is nearing completion

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We've been busy with the garden, among other projects, and the weather has been hot, hot. But finally our little goat cottage is nearly done. I painted two coats of barn red on it,...

Our calves did so well last year that we’ve bought two more

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We raised four steer calves last summer/fall, and they are now very BIG guys! Will just measured them with a weight tape (it's a tape measure that has cattle weights, along with inches marked...