With a cow, we really have big compost piles!
Not only does a milk cow give us all of the dairy products we can imagine, she gives plenty of manure too! Some folks might not think that is a good thing, but we...
Canning keeps on going on…
…but we're also still harvesting seeds. Today Ashley and I shelled two gallons of beautiful Bear Island Chippewa corn. I just can't get over how beautiful it is and how fat those colorful kernels...
Boy did we get clobbered by snow!
You know that storm that was heading for us? Well it got here. And how! Saturday night it started. Then by Sunday morning, we had a foot and the snow was still...
Q and A: baking bread and controlling bamboo
Baking bread
A reader recently asked you a question about the bread she bakes. She said that she gets a large pocket under the top crust, and that when she cuts the bread, the crust...
Q and A: Dry canning and small squash
Dry canning
When dry canning can you do a product that has yeast? Also, this may be crazy but as another emergency water source could you hot water bath water as a way for long...