And you thought we were busy before…

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Wow, it's planting time and we have been crazy busy lately! Our wonderful apprentice, Alisha, went back home to plant her garden and watch over her dog, Bella, who is due to have puppies...

More building and a wood-fired hot tub heater

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We've been busy building. We needed a shelter for the goats in their new goat pasture, so we are finishing up our goat summer cottage. They seem to like it just fine and have...

Q and A: Canning strawberries, dry summer, harvesting rhubarb and proper range when pressure...

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Canning strawberries, dry summer, and harvesting rhubarb My grocery store opened a dollar section. I found a jar of WHOLE strawberries in lite syrup. How did they can them and not have them turn to...

Reader’s Question: Gamy venison

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I had three deer given to me a few years ago and used most of the ground meat in chili but the rest is so gamy tasting that we don't much like it. Will...

It’s very cold outside so we’re working indoors today

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Will has started a big project in the basement. It started out that he wanted to build more shelves down the center of the basement to stack my cases of canned food that are...