The frogs are peeping
On the very last day of April, both the woods frogs and spring peepers started singing all over our beaver ponds and in the creek. Usually the woods frogs, who sound sort of like...
We just had six inches of rain!
As if June wasn't busy and we weren't late enough with our projects (garden and barn), we just got dumped on all day by a torrential rain. All in all, it poured six to...
Q and A: canning jerky, Southern gardens, and rendering lard
Canning jerky
I have your Growing and Canning Your Own Food book as well as several anthologies from BHM, which is probably why I can not find what I'm looking for (too many pages to...
Q and A: cleaning eggs, planting under a tree, and spilled lamp oil
Cleaning eggs
I am getting chickens in the spring! first time! And I was wondering, how do you clean your eggs before you put them away or sell them or give them to neighbors? I...
With less frequent rains and hot weather, we’re on the upswing
I'll swear we were having so much rain I felt like my toes were growing webs! Yuck. And rain makes tons of mosquitoes appear too. But lately, we have had a little rain, but...