Q and A: canning green beans and replacing native grasses
Canning green beans
I am at a loss! I have been canning since I was in my mid-twenties…not thirty years plus. I can and have canned everything from jams, pickles, vegetables, stew and meats…no...
Harvest time is a busy time on our homestead
It seems that everything is coming ripe at the same time this year. Add our seed business, requiring hundreds of varieties of seeds which need harvesting and drying, and then the canning that goes...
We’re planting, planting, planting like mad
It's supposed to rain Friday through Tuesday. And as this is the first rain we've had for days, we sure want to get planted ahead of it. After all, two of our big gardens...
It’s looking a lot like Christmas
Here is my latest video:
David got busy the other day and dragged out all our outside Christmas lights. I always shop right after Christmas at the "big" stores and have picked up sets of...
We’ve hit 50 degrees
And boy, oh boy, does it feel good in the sunshine! I was outside yesterday in my T-shirt gathering eggs and playing with the goats. Nice sunshine, too!
Will is busy converting one of our...