I think we’re done planting

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Finally. Well, kind of. I still want to plant some sunflowers and more cucumbers when Will hauls out a couple more trellises for Suyo...

Q and A: Meals in a jar, growing sweet potatoes, and canning baked beans

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Meals in a jar and growing sweet potatoes First, I recently bought your "Growing and Canning" book at a self-reliance Expo in Mesquite, Texas and...

Our rains are here, in full force

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All I've got to say is "Yuck!" We're madly trying to continue our harvest but it's nearly impossible when it's pouring rain every day....

Harvest time is a busy time on our homestead

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It seems that everything is coming ripe at the same time this year. Add our seed business, requiring hundreds of varieties of seeds which...

Oh boy, fall is in the air

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After a week of 80-degree weather, we dropped down to lows of 36 F! Boy, were we worried it would frost. When you have...