We’re racing along as the weather maintains
Although some of our neighboring areas have had flash flooding, such as the 7 inches of rain our friend Dara had recently, washing out her quite long driveway, we only got a little over...
Harvest time is a busy time on our homestead
It seems that everything is coming ripe at the same time this year. Add our seed business, requiring hundreds of varieties of seeds which need harvesting and drying, and then the canning that goes...
Q&A: Treating fence posts, Hauling wood, and Recanning vegetables
Treating fence posts
Just wondering if you will be treating all those fence posts, and if so, how? By the way, love your new house !
Robin Balczewski
Colville, Washington
No. Here in Minnesota, untreated white cedar and...
Q and A: canning meatloaf and pressure canning tomato paste
Canning meatloaf
We have a question about canning meatloaf. Or, fancier, canning terrines. We bought a slicer recently, and my wife said, "Why couldn't we can the terrine fancy meatloaf) in a wide mouth jar...
Q and A: making pickles, preserving squash, and growing squash
Making pickles
Do you have a recipe for making dill cucumbers with lemon juice instead of vinegar? It just sounds healthier, if it is possible.
Nancy Hoppe
Cinebar, Washington
You could use a substitution in your dill pickle...