Just got a present — new clothesline poles!
We've been here on our new homestead for 5 years and I've been washing with my old Maytag wringer washer since we had the house built, but I have had to use a propane...
We got our first good freeze, and boy are we harvesting!
Despite falling off our barn roof, we still got a great, productive (although very weedy!) garden this year. Our plants outdid themselves. Before the freeze, we'd already harvested and put up about four bushels...
My very best pumpkin pies are made of squash
I know some of you will go "Ish! Squash?" But don't knock it until you've tried it! I was pretty nervous when I made Thanksgiving pumpkin pies for Will. He's a pie-snob and once...
Today we doubled our water storage
Two weeks ago, just before I flew out to Washington to visit Will, we had our generator in the shop. When we went to pick it up, our carpenter friend, Tom, went with us. ...
Q and A: Canning fingerling potatoes and Making vegetable bouillon
Canning fingerling potatoes
Each year my fingerling potatoes produce really well, but they don't last the entire winter season in storage. Is it possible to can them without peeling them first? The skins are so...