The beavers are busy and so are we
The beavers are telling us it's going to be quite a winter!
All of the beaver families around here are building very big lodges and are damming up higher and higher. And their brush, which...
Our beautiful fall weather continues
And with the warm weather, we're getting a lot done. Yep, we should have had it done earlier, but it's nasty to work in rainy, cold weather. So while the sun is out, we're...
Q and A: storing pumpkins and feeding a milking Jersey, oven canning dry goods,...
Storing pumpkins and feeding a milking Jersey
Just wondering where you are storing all those pumpkins. Mine are in the barn right now but they will freeze soon and I don't want them to go...
Q and A: Meals in a jar and storing homemade pasta
Meals in a jar
Is there a meals in a jar cookbook? New here and haven't heard. Also, is there a "how to" book on planting heirloom veggies for planting in the South?
Cathy Thompson
Cherokee, Iowa
There...
While I’m busy canning, Will and David get the storage barn roof covered
I'm still busily making different tomato products from the last 30 gallons of ripening green tomatoes that were sitting in my unused (yet!) new laundry room, trying to rot after they ripened, then sitting...