Q and A: leaving rings on jars in storage, canning pinto beans, and growing...
Leaving rings on jars in storage
Our family butchered a 500+ pound hog this past weekend, and we were able to render 30+ quarts of lard. We poured the hot lard directly from the press...
We’re making hay while the sun shines
We've finally been given a week's worth of nice sunny weather so we're making good use of it. Yesterday Will baled 14 big round bales and a wagonload plus a truckload of square bales...
After a cold, rainy two days, we’re back at work outside
We just had two nasty days of pouring rain. Yuck! So today, with the sun out, albeit 50 degrees, we're back at work. Will's up at the sawmill, cutting more boards for our porch...
Spring has sprung
We are so thrilled to have daily temperatures in the high fifties and even low sixties lately. And because of that, we've been getting a lot done besides the annual spring pick-up and clean-up...
The pumpkin and squash harvest is finished
Saturday was sunny and nice, above normal temps right into the high seventies. Wow, was it a perfect Indian summer day! Robert, a young man Will had met while getting a piece of sheet...