It’s canning time around here

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Boy oh boy, is it! Because we have so much meat from the two steers we had butchered (folks who got a half are...

Q and A: refrigerator pickles and slow germinating carrots

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Refrigerator pickles Here is a recipe I really like for Refrigerator Pickles. Can I put these in a water bath or canner to preserve? Or...

You’re so lucky to have a son who works so hard!

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 Fortunate, for sure.  Lucky?  Maybe.  Or maybe it's just that he's always been with his dad and I, wanting to "help" with whatever we...

Q and A: onions and chicken tractor

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Onions I let some of my onions go to seed two years ago, and last year planted those seeds. I don't know what type of...

Spencer had surgery

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Our faithful "BIG DOG" Black Lab, has Spencer, had a tumor on his hind leg. Although it was relatively small and didn't seem attached,...