So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest
Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've been especially thrilled with our Hansen's Bush Cherries. The fruit...
Q and A: leaving rings on jars in storage, canning pinto beans, and growing...
Leaving rings on jars in storage
Our family butchered a 500+ pound hog this past weekend, and we were able to render 30+ quarts of lard. We poured the hot lard directly from the press...
Q and A: Peeling fresh eggs and storing eggs
Peeling fresh eggs
I read with interest your post on using your "surplus" of eggs by pickling them. Do you have a secret to getting your FRESH eggs to come out whole after they are...
Q and A: extra whey and stink bugs
Extra whey
I recently made cheese from our extra goats' milk. And I have lots of whey. Would there be a reason to can it and how would I go about it?
Gail Erman
I usually make...
We have 7 new baby goats, just in time for Mom’s birthday!
Four of our doe goats all kidded within three days, this year. What a surprise! Usually it's a bit more drawn out. And to make it even more unusual, our two does that were...