Q and A: meat bones, weed killer with soap, worming goats, and re-canning corn
Meat bones and weed killer with soap
First. If you take deer bones after cutting deer up, cut up bones and boil you will be surprised how much more meat from the bones that can...
Q and A: Canning with cornstarch and Feeding scraps to chickens
Canning with cornstarch
I made 14 quarts of apple pie filling from a recipe in BHM. It called for corn starch. I just ordered your new canning/cook book and noticed your recipe for apple pie...
Q and A: dry ice for food storage and pickled garlic
Dry ice for food storage
I have heard that when storing grain/pasta in air tight containers, one might use a chunk of 'dry ice' put in the container; as it dissipates it exudes carbon dioxide,...
We’re still harvesting seeds and firewood
Some folks only save seeds and cut/split firewood in the late summer or fall, but we do it nearly year around. As our weather's been unseasonably warm, Will has been busy sawing more lumber...
Can you find Jackie?
CAN YOU FIND JACKIE?
With the heat and rain, our tomatoes have run amok. Although I put the rows four feet apart, staking and caging the plants, you can hardly fish your way though the...