Q and A: what to grow in a shady area and storing canned goods...
What to grow in a shady area
Our homestead is very small, and in a biggish city, Youngstown, OH. We bought a fixer-upper here about a year ago. The back yard is very small, and...
All of the gardens (9 of them!) are doing very well
We did get a little rain off and on. Not a great deal but enough to keep things going. We're so happy with the gardens. Everything but the corn in the North and Wolf...
Q and A: freezing then canning beans, Hickory King corn, and duck manure fertilizer
Freezing then canning beans
We garden in five 4x8 raised beds in our small backyard and this year we are trying bush beans in one bed. The problem is getting enough beans at one time...
Colorful summer pictures are our answer to cabin fever!
I know we are all getting pretty darned sick of winter. We've decided that the weather forecasters are always predicting warmer weather at the end of the week, yet it never comes! So we...
Q and A: canning posole and petunia seeds
Canning posole
Have you ever canned posole (or pozole)? I like it, especially when its cold outside, but you just can't make a small amount. My recipe includes pork loin, red chili, oregano, bay, soaked...