We had eleven baby pigs!
After our first gilt, Lucy, had only four live-birth piggies so we were very happy when our second gilt, Blondie, had eleven! Actually, she...
Q and A: storing honey and canning lids
Storing honey
I have quite a few plastic bottles of honey. They are starting to become hard. I heated them up in a pan of...
Q and A: canning sweet potatoes, dehydrating hamburger meat, and saving tomato seeds
Canning sweet potatoes
I have question concerning sweet potatoes. Last year I canned about 2 bushels part in water and part in a light syrup,...
With snow in the forecast, we’re going double-time
Besides daily chores, Will and I have been sawing logs with our Hud-Son bandsaw mill, edging boards on the hybrid gasoline-driven table saw and...
Q and A: green detergents, making pickles, and pear jelly
Green detergents
I am trying to go green and would like to ask for help with effective detergent recipes that can help me accomplish this.
Shonah...