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...
We’ve been a little busy
First off, last Thursday, we had the Cook Area Garden Club out for a look-see at our homestead. Of course, I was a little nervous...most of these people had beautiful flower beds and weed-free...
Q and A: coating cheese with wax, open-pollinated plants, canning cheese, and prepper shows
Coating cheese with wax
When you make cheese, do you coat it with wax for aging? I've done it both ways and am usually not real successful with the wax. No matter how many layers...
We had to bid our wonderful apprentice, Krystal, goodbye
We took Krystal to the airport yesterday morning as her apprenticeship had ended. She continues on with college in a couple of weeks and needs to get her ducks in a row before then....
Q&A: Pheasant eggs, Homesteading with aches and pains, and Protecting cabbage from worms
Pheasant eggs
Would you eat pheasant eggs? I have some little ones and was wondering when they grow up if we could eat the eggs.
Sherry
Sure. pheasant eggs taste just like chicken eggs, so there's...