Our gardens are doing fantastic

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We're so happy to have our gardens looking so good. Sure, the corn in the North garden is a bit spotty and a few melons had to be replanted as the vines got wind-blown...

Did you ever want to throw your computer out the window?

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Well, yesterday I came so close! I began to write my blog after morning chores. Simple enough, right? Well, not so much. When I went to transfer my Montana trip photos from my camera...

Q and A: Stale whole wheat flour, Hopi Pale Grey seeds, and storing dehydrated...

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Stale whole wheat flour What can I do with stale whole wheat flour besides use it for animal feed? I don't have a freezer, so, as you know, it doesn't stay (good) very long. Lee Gilbert,...

Back from the Denver Self Reliance Expo and back to work

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I had a great time at the Expo, meeting both old Backwoods Home family and new subscribers. And I got a chance to visit with Don and Nancy Childers (the wonderful BHM artist and...

Just got over my annual fall cold

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This was a very bad time to catch a cold. And darn it, I DID get a flu and pneumonia shot too! I didn't get the flu or pneumonia, but was in bed two...