Today I saw our first pussy willows!

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Driving into town today, I spotted pussy willows out on a bush that is always the very first in the area. I always watch...

Why bother canning so much?

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I get this question a lot. After all, on a good year I'll can up dozens and dozens of jars of a good crop...

We still have 9 baby turkeys and we’re starting to roof the storage building

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Despite heavy, and frequent, rains, which often spell doom to baby turkeys, our mama turkey still has nine babies in our orchard. They're feathering...

We’ve been a little busy

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First off, last Thursday, we had the Cook Area Garden Club out for a look-see at our homestead. Of course, I was a little...

Q and A: saving seed from corn and water level in canner

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Saving seed from corn I planted a small patch of rainbow earth tones dent corn this year. I have it isolated from our sweet...