Well … We had ¾ inch of rain yesterday
And because the weather radio had our rain chances at 20% yesterday and it was sunny, Will cut hay. He quit when it started raining two hours later. And by the time he'd gotten...
Spring is here; I’m starting my first seeds!
Well, spring is officially here on our homestead, even though it was 6° F this morning. Because peppers and petunias take quite a while to grow to decent size, I start both of them...
Q and A: canning ground meat and planting apple seeds
Canning ground meat
I pressure dry-canned 4 quarts of ground meat. I cooked the meat, drained what little fat there was, placed in hot sterilized jars, removed bubbles, placed lids, then processed for 90 minutes...
Q and A: canning meat and canning lard
Canning meat
How do you can meat? I have never tried to do it, but my mom did it when I was very young.
Bettye Bryan
Water Valley, Mississippi
Meat is very easy to can and it's so...
We had four sunny days
At the end of the end of the four days rain was coming. So you can bet your life we were busy haying. Will got his last neighboring field round baled on Saturday and...