We now own the forty acres where the big pines live
On Tuesday morning, we became the proud owners of the Big Pine Forty. Or in other words, we signed to become deeper in debt. But like all other past debts, we will suck it...
The weak calf is walking
After four days of coaxing our little calf to drink from the goat bottle every two hours, this morning I found him not in the entryway but in the kitchen. He had gotten up...
The sun is finally out
It makes us feel so much more like doing stuff outside! The baby goats are both now eating like little pigs. After four days of struggling with the buckling Domingo, one night, he finally...
Q and A: Canning butter, Tomatoes not setting fruit, and Water-bathed chicken stock
Canning butter
My garden has started to produce and I have been in a canning frenzy the last couple of weeks. As long as I am doing all this canning I thought I would try...
It’s canning time on the homestead
The vegetables in the garden were a little slow ripening this year because of the weather, but they all came on like gangbusters. Right in the middle of all this canning, I missed the...