We count our blessings as Christmas nears

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We're really grateful for so many different things. We are grateful for each other and for this wonderful homestead that just keeps getting better every day. When I think of moving here in 2003, in...

Q and A: Chicken broth and Potato bugs

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Chicken broth Can I make broth out of Chicken Skins? I would skim the fat and can the rest. Shirley Owens Milton, Florida Yes, but it won't have as much flavor as broth made from either chicken...

Q and A: Cooking turkey in a pressure cooker and planting fruit trees

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Cooking turkey in a pressure cooker I recently got a lot of frozen turkeys for Christmas and in our family we only care for the white meat. Rather than waste the dark I wanted to...

Yep, we’re still harvesting

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Despite the freeze, we're still in full harvest mode. It didn't get cold enough to hurt our pumpkins, as they had lots of vine cover. It has warmed up quite a bit, so we...

Our fruit, both tame and wild is … well … running wild

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We are so tickled that we are getting plenty of fruit this summer. I've been making pin cherry jelly from our wild pin cherries. They are so RED and jewel-like that I love picking...