We had eleven baby pigs!

3
After our first gilt, Lucy, had only four live-birth piggies so we were very happy when our second gilt, Blondie, had eleven! Actually, she...

Q and A: storing honey and canning lids

3
Storing honey I have quite a few plastic bottles of honey. They are starting to become hard. I heated them up in a pan of...

Q and A: canning sweet potatoes, dehydrating hamburger meat, and saving tomato seeds

0
Canning sweet potatoes I have question concerning sweet potatoes. Last year I canned about 2 bushels part in water and part in a light syrup,...

With snow in the forecast, we’re going double-time

5
Besides daily chores, Will and I have been sawing logs with our Hud-Son bandsaw mill, edging boards on the hybrid gasoline-driven table saw and...

Q and A: green detergents, making pickles, and pear jelly

6
Green detergents I am trying to go green and would like to ask for help with effective detergent recipes that can help me accomplish this. Shonah...