The pin cherries are ripe

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We've been watching the pin cherries on our ridge for several weeks, and finally they are ripe. The birds have been getting into them,...

Are we having fun yet?

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Well, yes, actually. We're still drywalling and mudding. But the good news is that we also have our new woodstove hooked up and heating!...

Q and A: oven canning and canning nuts

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Oven canning Is this recipe safe to "oven bake" to seal? Would this be good for storage? 2 cups instant mashed potatoes 1¾ cups powdered milk 2 Tbsp....

We finally got our new inverter

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On Friday the 13th we got our new pure sine wave inverter after the mix-up with Amazon. Will quickly read and re-read the instruction...

Our fall rains have arrived

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And boy, the rain does slow down things ripening in the garden. We should have crates of ripe tomatoes right now, but there are...