Q and A: Wall O’ Waters, worming chickens, and canning potatoes and beans

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Wall O' Waters I've decided to give the wall o' water a try this year based on your glowing reviews. I'm happy enough with my tomatoes, but my peppers could use a boost so that...

Q and A: Canning mixed vegetables and Diatomaceous Earth

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Canning mixed vegetables  I have been looking for a recipe to can zucchini, tomatoes, peppers (sweet and/or hot), and onions. Some places say this cannot be done. I realize that a pressure canner will be...

Oh boy, fall is in the air

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After a week of 80-degree weather, we dropped down to lows of 36 F! Boy, were we worried it would frost. When you have 5 acres in gardens, there's no covering anything, so we...

Well, we hope our string of bad luck has broken

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Today, Will got a new starter after having to cut the old one apart with a reciprocating saw! A bit extreme, maybe, but both he and I had the same idea, the same morning,...

Wow, the sun is finally out

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We've become pretty sun-deprived as it's been cloudy for weeks now. And that's unusual for this part of Minnesota. Usually we see the sun at least part of the day, every day. Not only...