When it’s -25 we do indoor stuff
Although we work outdoors much of the winter, when a severe cold snap hits, we find plenty to do indoors. And this week we'll be doing a lot of indoor work! For five days,...
Q and A: Dry canning and small squash
Dry canning
When dry canning can you do a product that has yeast? Also, this may be crazy but as another emergency water source could you hot water bath water as a way for long...
Q and A: canning sausage and three sisters planting
Canning sausage
Can sausage be canned like ground beef? No one here likes sausage patties but do like sausage gravy and soup. Canned the same as ground beef?
Hail here shredded the corn leaves and put...
Q&A: Making tomato sauce, Cleaning carrots, and Growing Brussels sprouts
Making tomato sauce and cleaning carrots
April 13th, Lisa Bano asked a question, in comments about leaving tomato sauce/paste in the oven on low. She assumed this direction was for your wood stove, and wanted...
Spring means new baby goats
We've been pretty busy the last two days. We planned on having our two does, Velvet (the mother of the triplet does last year) and Luna bred to kid about the same time in...