It must be spring; the bulldozer started!
Well it feels like spring. Today it was 43 degrees and melting snow like crazy. I had transplanted peppers all afternoon in the sunshine,...
Our first baby born this year
While we're still rejoicing at the birth of Bill and Kelly's son, Mason, we had our very own baby yesterday. Okay, so it's a...
Q and A: cracked jars, stocking a pond, and animals on the homestead
Cracked jars
You've created a new canning monster! But in the last two canning sessions, four jars have cracked in the pressure canner. What...
Our lovely onions join our other pantry food
Our onions did so much better this year. Last year, most of our onions went double and many had soft neck rot, due to...
Q and A: using lard or tallow and canning on a ceramic cooktop
Using lard or tallow
I got the book on LARD from Grit magazine but it said nothing about using tallow from beef instead of lard...