We’re back on track

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Finally, after a long time of having things that were "unworking," Will has the water system fixed very nicely as well as the oven....

Winter’s just around the corner

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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...

Q and A: Preserving juice, growing tomatoes, and preserving by confiting

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Preserving juice What would be the best way to preserve juice in wine/sparkling cider bottles? I've been a winemaker for several years, and would like...

Harvest is starting, big time!

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Slowly, the earliest tomatoes ripened, then more of them, now the mid-season vines are cranking out tomatoes by the basket full. After all, we...

With a leap of faith, we planted our second crop of potatoes on July...

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And they are making potatoes! With our weird spring, our first rows of potatoes were a miserable failure; a few scattered plants. But I...