There’s a bear in the raspberry patch!
Really. Will and I are picking wild raspberries up on our ridge. They are really good this year—large and juicy. Usually they are hardly worth picking, but this year they're wonderful. So we pick...
Q and A: buckled lids and canning chicken broth
Buckled lids
I am sure that you have answered this in the past but I was unable to find the answer online or in the anthologies that I own. I have canned several different varieties...
Winter sure is hanging on this year
Last night it dropped to -27° F and to tell the truth, that's getting a little old! But today it's sunny and the temperature just made 11° F, so Will fired up the diesel...
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...
Q and A: blower for wood stove and old honey
Blower for wood stove
I have a question about our woodburning stove. We have had it for three years now and it has a blower on it. Unfortunately the blower rarely turns on even...