Q and A: fertile eggs and planting potatoes
Fertile eggs and planting potatoes
If I put a rooster and a hen in a small pen together how soon can I be sure that she would be laying fertile eggs inspired by the handsome...
I’ll swear Will and I are growing webs between our toes
We've only had one sunny (kind of) day in a week. It's weather for ducks and geese. This makes getting anything done around here a nasty job — squish, squish, squish. We were thrilled...
Q and A: Tomato soup, Elderberries, and Pickling peppers
Tomato soup
Do you happen to have a tomato soup recipe using dried powdered tomatoes? I have had a bumper crop of them this year and have canned a lot of whole, chopped, spaghetti sauce,...
Winter’s just around the corner
We had ice on the animals' watering tanks this morning. Brrrrr.
Will's been trimming dead trees that hang over the driveway and will cause trouble this winter when we plow snow. Luckily, a lot of...
Q and A: canning cheese, elephant garlic, and storing brown sugar
Canning cheese
I can milk, butter, and am going to can up yellow cheese this weekend. Can you can up cream cheese? I freeze it now, but it ends up crumbly when it defrosts. That's...