Oh oh, a freeze warning
Due to the tropical storm moving northward, it sucked a cold high down from Canada unexpectedly, after we had corn, beans, squash, and melons...
Q and A: Ball canning lids, pruning apple trees with fire blight, wine yeast,...
Ball canning lids
I was reading on the internet where Ball has changed their procedures on their new canning lids. It seems that you no...
All of the gardens (9 of them!) are doing very well
We did get a little rain off and on. Not a great deal but enough to keep things going. We're so happy with the...
Today it’s snowing and blowing.
So, today I thought I'd get the onions, which have been lying on an old sheet, on the floor of the enclosed back porch,...
Harvest continues on the homestead
The last week has been very busy. Will baled 300 more square bales for our friend’s daughter and husband. They have sheep and goats...