It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Last night we had six inches of fluffy new snow, covering the evergreens around our house, making it look like a Christmas card. Only we live in this Christmas card all year long. How...
A few pumkin moons brought on cold and lots of canning
Our summer garden is just about toast. We got a harvest moon early this month, then again last night. The first brought 29 degrees and kind of freeze burned our garden. The second brought...
Have a happy Fourth of July!
Although we have some company coming and our wonderful apprentice, Alisha, is also going to be here over the long weekend, we're gardening as usual. (We are going to friends, Mike and Dara's for...
Q and A: Canning milk and All male blossoms on squash
Canning milk
I have your cookbook and want to try canning some milk. Have you ever done it in smaller quantities than quarts? I was thinking I'd like to do half-pints. I think that's a...
After a cold, rainy two days, we’re back at work outside
We just had two nasty days of pouring rain. Yuck! So today, with the sun out, albeit 50 degrees, we're back at work. Will's up at the sawmill, cutting more boards for our porch...