Q and A: peeling eggs and canning tomato sauce
Peeling eggs
I wanted to pass on my tip for peeling new eggs. After boiling and cracking them just slip a spoon between the shell and egg, run it around the egg. The peel will...
Q and A: pint and a half jars, chickens not laying, and canning ham...
Pint and a half jars
Yesterday while shopping at Tractor Supply, I came across Ball jars in a size I had not seen before. They were a pint and a half, straight sided and wide...
With unseasonable springtime weather, we’re hard at work
We've had sunny weather in the 50s and even a 60 or two. So we have this huge case of spring fever. (MUST dig! Must dig!!!) Will had finished his "new" furrower/breaking plow, built...
All on the homestead is not about work
This time of the year is the beginning of serious food preservation for me. Unfortunately, a lot of folks get the mistaken idea that I just work, work, work. Well, yes and no. Of...
The sun is out!
Hooray! Sunshine! It seems forever since we've seen it. And, living off grid, having long periods of cloudy weather means it's generator time when I want to wash clothes. Yep, I put it off,...