Will and I took a trip to the back of the Big Pines forty...

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It was nice yesterday so Will took me out to see a spot he'd discovered while making ATV trails through the dead, blown-down fir on our new Big Pines forty. It was a gentle...

Everything is melting

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And it's not April yet! We're very happy as perhaps Will can get started on building our permanent greenhouse soon. He's shoveled the snow away from the bean trellises and posts in the House...

Q and A: Canning peppers and Mock pineapple

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Canning peppers Happy about your new barn going up. I have a lot of hot peppers and I was wondering if I follow your recipe, roasting and then canning if I could stuff them and...

Q and A: pickling grapes, apricot tree, and squash bugs

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Pickling grapes I just read the question about what to do with grapes. One of my favorite things is pickled grapes. They are delicious! I have seen recipes for canning them, but have only made...

We’re still hard at work with the harvest

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And boy, are we glad we did get a good harvest, despite the weather and we are so glad we live way up north. We really feel for folks who were hit with the...