Q and A: canning frosting, squash vine borers, and canning brown rice
Canning frosting
I am an avid canner. And I love your advice and wisdom in canning and homesteading. I was recently given a bulk 12lb container of chocolate frosting. Is it possible to can this...
The sun’s out and we’re enjoying it wholeheartedly
This morning, I finished transplanting our peppers and got them into the greenhouse. Yea! But I'm now looking at a whole lot of leggy tomato seedlings that need to follow quickly. We haven't had...
Rain, rain, rain, rain
Yep, we've had a rainy week! Cold and windy with rain. Not fun.
Will's working on building us a tub-style chicken plucker that I've dubbed Will's Chicken Tornado, built out of scraps of this and...
Whew, have we ever been busy!
First off, we had near-blizzard conditions with driving snow and 45 mph wind. And, of course, we had to set out big round bales for the cows! I man the gates (or would that...
We had a hard frost but no damage
At 5 a.m. I went outside and saw heavy frost on the roof and on the windshield of our Subaru. And this was on top of the ridge; our garden is down below where...