Q and A: moving chicks outside, meat grinder, and condensation in canned pecans
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 are currently housed in our warm basement (72 degrees). We...
While Will stacks up more firewood, I’m doing photo shoots for the recipe book
Will went out again today and brought home another load of magnificent, dead, solid ash firewood. This stuff is large, with some butts being about 18 inches in diameter, full tree length! He had...
Q and A: shelf life of yeast, chicken coop door, and canning pears
Shelf life of yeast
I have been searching to find out the shelf life of yeast. I have one jar that is for bread machines. Is it possible to use it to make a regular...
Our cold weather continues, but our garden grows on
We have now had the coldest summer for our area on record! No wonder our hot crops pooped out! Thank God for Wallo' Waters that we used on our tomatoes and peppers. They are...
Just so you don’t think everything works out well for us
A couple of weeks ago, Will went with our carpenter friend, Tom, to look at an old bulldozer that Tom was interested in buying -- a "fixer upper." Well, Tom bought the bulldozer and...