Q and A: canning chicken in half-pints, rubber gaskets on canners, fat for soap,...
Canning chicken in half-pints
In your segment on canning chicken in Self Reliance you mention that you have canned half pint jars of chicken. I would like to do that, but you never mention how...
We had fun at the MREA Fair
We are slowly recovering from the three-day MREA Fair in Custer, Wisconsin, this last weekend (plus the day of driving and setting up the booth). Except for Sunday, when it poured rain, the weather...
Finally the weather is warming up!
But we still have tons of snow on the ground -- several feet! And mud and water running everywhere. Will's been working on the rock wall behind the living room stove every day, knowing...
Oh that cold frosty moon!
We had a narrow escape last night? I knew it was going to be cold last night. I listen religiously to the NOAH weather radio every morning to keep track on the weather; rain,...
It’s amazing what a little manure will do!
A year ago, my friend, Jeri, gave me two rhubarb roots. They started nicely, but did not get very large during the summer. I hauled a trailer load of rotted manure down to the...