Q and A: canning cheese, elephant garlic, and storing brown sugar
Canning cheese
I can milk, butter, and am going to can up yellow cheese this weekend. Can you can up cream cheese? I freeze it now, but it ends up crumbly when it defrosts. That's...
We knew rain was coming so we’ve been working extra hard
We live every day by our weather radio. We listen to it first thing every morning and the last thing in the evening. In this way, we have a pretty good handle on what...
Will’s still peeling logs for the second set of floor joists
It seems like Will's been busy all summer peeling logs. That's because he has! Any structures built from scratch (as in logs) DO take a long time, not just because of the intricate fitting,...
Will’s fixing Old Yeller and I’m getting the orchard and garden ready for winter
Our beloved old 1010 John Deere crawler, nicknamed "Old Yeller," is finally getting fixed. Because Will knew it would be a rough job, he kind of put it off. Parts were very hard to...
Mom is doing better and I’m getting the garden under control
After taking a downturn, Mom's doing much better today, and because my sisters were there to visit her, I took the day off to work in the garden. I'm kind of behind, and my...