My first flowers are blooming
Well, okay, they are the Amaryllis I bought before Christmas. But as much as we enjoy and need bright colors this time of the...
Q and A: Meals in a jar, growing sweet potatoes, and canning baked beans
Meals in a jar and growing sweet potatoes
First, I recently bought your "Growing and Canning" book at a self-reliance Expo in Mesquite, Texas and...
Q and A: making applesauce and tomato sauce, storing fresh carrots, using crabapples
Making applesauce and tomato sauce
Have you ever washed, cut, and cooked apples, put through juicer strainer with a large tea strainer on pan...
We’ve had a real wet spell
After so many nice sunny fall days, suddenly the rains are upon us. I finally got the last of the carrots canned up and,...
Our last calf has just been born
We have been expecting this calf to come any day — since last month! So we brought Lady into the training ring, where she...