Q and A: Wood burners, Peach preserves, Dry beans, and Pumpkin puree
Wood burners
Have you used a wood burner with a jetstove.com chimney? They are supposed to be smokeless and put out twice the heat. I really like the concept of not letting all my heat...
The flower gardens are looking great…and so is our woodpile
Besides all the great improvements going on around here, the big garden, our new house garden and keeping busy taking care of Mom, I have had a few minutes to work in the flowers....and...
We didn’t let a foot of new snow stop progress
Although we had a foot, plus of new snow and a wind to drift it, Will got out early the next morning, swept off the plow truck, and got to plowing. My son, Bill,...
Our first asparagus just got canned
While Will has been very busy spreading manure in our Wolf Garden, where he's close to finishing, I've been canning up our first batch of asparagus. From that picking, I ended up with 11...
Q and A: Squash bug control, Air bubbles in canned foods, and Dividing rhubarb
Squash Bug control
I have more plants than I can efficiently hand-patrol apparently. Everyday I search and eliminate the eggs but every year it seems it's an all out battle to save the plants. I've...