Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot!
Okay, I guess you can figure out that I'm canning dry beans, huh? Well it started out pretty innocently yesterday when I thawed out the two hams I bought for .69 a pound to...
Q and A: bean seeds not sprouting and re-canning black olives
Bean seeds not sprouting
I am having my green beans to sprout. I have planted them 2 times and still not popping. The are new seeds from a name brand company this year. I planted...
We knew a cold spell was heading for us
So we got busy! Last fall Will plowed a six-acre spot between our new small hayfield and the pumpkin/corn patch. It was a soggy spot, covered with alder, willow brush, and a few small...
Winter’s holding off a little while longer
No winter, yet, so we're keeping right at it. Yesterday, we got the rest of the pig pen and pig house finished, except for the flap on the door. To make it nice and...
We’re working like mad to get ahead of oncoming cold weather
We have a few warm days but the long-term forecast is for increasing cold and snow. So we've been working like beavers, canning, cutting and splitting the last big batch of firewood, hauling manure,...