We got our pond!
This Friday, our friend, Dale Rinne, brought his excavator over and not only dug out the footings for Will's bridge over the creek, but dug out our spring catchment basin, making a nice, attractive...
Q and A: canned applesauce turned brown and canning greens
Canned applesauce turned brown
I am stumped! Canned Applesauce, like I have done for years, on Sunday, October 12, 124 quarts! Had to be out of state till October 19, one week. Today I am...
While we keep getting ready for winter, my satellite service is disrupted
We are doing the normal getting ready for winter stuff; splitting firewood, canning, weatherizing the buildings and everything's going nicely. Everything except for three half-bushels of peaches I bought "cheap" because the market owner...
Snow’s coming … too soon
We heard the dreaded four letter word: snow! And eight inches plus is forecast. In Northern Minnesota, that means it'll probably stick all winter. This will most likely be our first permanent snowfall (which...
Harvest is full under way
Every single day now, we're harvesting crops. As we were expecting rain, we pulled our two long rows of onions and a short one of shallots. All did very well. We had some of...