We finally got our new inverter
On Friday the 13th we got our new pure sine wave inverter after the mix-up with Amazon. Will quickly read and re-read the instruction booklet just to make sure he totally understood how to...
Planting trees
Reader’s Questions:
Canning dried beans
I Need a few tips on canning beans. The dried kind, soaked, then placed in jars and pressure processed. I did some, but had to guess at the amount of beans...
Every day brings us closer to spring
Spring is a season of firsts. A week ago, our pair of Canadian geese arrived on the partially melted beaver pond. Two days ago, a pair of Trumpeter swans stopped by for the day,...
Q and A: ant infestation and gardening in a hot climate
Ant infestation
I need to find a natural way to kill an ant infestation so as not to kill pets.
John Marcum
Silverton, Oregon
You can make a simple mixture of 1 cup water, 2 cups sugar, and...
My surgery was cancelled again; my cold came back
I was unbelievably depressed Saturday when I started coughing. It felt just like when I had my two-week-long cold that got my gallbladder surgery postponed. Oh no, couldn't be! Oh yeah? Well, I coughed...