Our harvest weather is continuing

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And thank God! Boy, are we ever busy since our daughter, Jenna, left. Will's been cutting more hay, breaking down, fixing it, cutting, fixing,...

Holy cow, I feel like I’ve been holding my breath for three days

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Three nights in a row we were under a frost advisory for our area. The first two nights, we got down to 30 F,...

After a cold, rainy two days, we’re back at work outside

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We just had two nasty days of pouring rain. Yuck! So today, with the sun out, albeit 50 degrees, we're back at work. Will's...

Q and A: moving chicks outside, meat grinder, and condensation in canned pecans

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Moving chicks outside We live in the northeast (New York) current temps 27-38 highs and 8-30 lows. We hatched 5 chicks November 7th, 2012. They...

Q and A: canning tomato broth and canning tomatoes

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Canning tomato broth Follow up to the question on canning tomato broth. I can't figure out how long to keep steaming. My instructions say 60...