Q and A: pickling grapes, apricot tree, and squash bugs
Pickling grapes
I just read the question about what to do with grapes. One of my favorite things is pickled grapes. They are delicious! I have seen recipes for canning them, but have only made...
Q and A: pepper plants and Amish canner
Pepper plants
I'm hoping you can help me with my pepper plants. I've planted several sweet bell peppers and jalapeños this year. Normally I have no trouble and would have been loaded with peppers by...
We needed a bridge…and found an old mobile home
Our land is a rectangular 80 acres of woods. Unfortunately, about 35 acres of that is across a creek, dotted with beaver ponds. The only way you can access it is by bulldozer or...
I hope everyone had a great Independence Day
After all, independence is what all of us self-reliant people are striving towards and that historical date hastened us down our paths, centuries ago. While we're thinking about the Fourth, we're also busy trying...
Our cold weather continues, but our garden grows on
We have now had the coldest summer for our area on record! No wonder our hot crops pooped out! Thank God for Wallo' Waters that we used on our tomatoes and peppers. They are...