Q and A: Home-canned tuna, market baskets, and lima beans
Home-canned tuna
I love the idea of canning fresh tuna. But I want tuna for tuna salad. Would home canned tuna need to be heated to boiling for 15 minutes before eating. And wouldn't that...
Hope to see you at the Arlington Expo Friday and Saturday
I will be at the Self Reliance Expo in Arlington, Texas, at the Arlington Convention Center. I have been very busy getting ready to go. When you're a homesteader, it's really hard to go...
We’re into harvest time
You wait all year, dreaming, planning, planting, weeding, and finally it arrives — harvest time. Holy cow, where do you start? I'm done with snap beans as I've totally run out of room to...
We’re beating the Blue Jays to our corn
Will and I have been busy picking, shucking, and roping up our various varieties of corn to beat the darned birds to it. I'm so glad to have him helping me as between my...
Cloudy, drizzly weather lets Will work on our water system
Our 12-volt water pump, which gives us water pressure from our two storage tanks in the basement, to our outlets like the sinks, toilet, and washing machine, was getting worn out. Will decided to...