Q and A: cooling with no fridge, growing winter squash, and measuring flavored oil

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Cooling with no fridge Yesterday I arrived at our hunting trailer to prepare for a family canning bee only to discover that the fridge is...

Frost!

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Yep, we had it -- a killing frost. With night temps dipping into the twenties, the garden got fried. Tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, beans, and...

How times change!

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Twenty-five years ago friends bought a piece of wild woods in northern Minnesota where electricity was not available. There was no cabin or other...

Q and A: storing dehydrated foods and saving seeds

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Storing dehydrated foods I have many #10 cans of beans, rice, oatmeal, and many more of dehydrated foods. Will they survive storage in an unheated...

Beautiful, warm fall day

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I just took a cruise around the gardens and really enjoyed the fragrance of fall leaves. The maples are turning color and other trees...