Q and A: canner lid stuck, pantry moths, and contaminated soil
Canner lid stuck
I did a bunch of canning of very cheap ground round and then tried to unlock the canner by turning it and it was stuck tight. I let it cool down a...
Yeah it’s -25 but the animals are doing great
In Northern Minnesota, right after Christmas, we generally have our really cold weather, which lasts for about three weeks. We expect, and usually receive, nighttime temperatures of from -25 to -40 degrees, with daytime...
Q and A: Dehydrating dairy products, Food worries, and Mashing blueberries
Dehydrating dairy products
I have read that you can dehydrate cottage cheese and sour cream, but they say it only keeps for 1 week out of the frig and 6 months in the frig. I...
It’s still raining
Boy is it hard to get things done outside when it's raining all day, every day. Grump, grump, grump! I pulled our last carrots and found that the deer had gotten in the open...
Q and A: Using excess grapes and sunroom garden
Using excess grapes
We bought land 2 years ago which has a very large grape arbor. The grapes were beautiful last year and very covered. When I tried one I was shocked to find they...