Q and A: shelf life of apple juice and Canada Crookneck seeds
Shelf life of apple juice
If using a Mehu-Liisa to extract apple juice, is draining the hot liquid into a properly cleaned and heated jar with a two piece canning lid all that is needed?...
Are we having fun yet?
Well, yes, actually. We're still drywalling and mudding. But the good news is that we also have our new woodstove hooked up and heating! And it does a good job, too. We even took...
Q and A: keeping a refrigerator working in a cold environment, early Fall weather,...
Keeping a refrigerator working in a cold environment
I heard that they don't make a refrigerator/freezer that can be used in a cabin that is allowed to get cooler than 55 degrees. We have been...
Q and A: False blossoms on zucchini and storing squash
False blossoms on zucchini
My neighbor planted zucchini squash, the plants have grown well, but are producing a lot of false blossoms and not very many squash. He asks me what could cause this, of...
With our guest back home, we’re playing catch-up
Of course, when you have company of any kind, everything switches mode from "normal" to "guest." And, when my daughter Monique, arrived, that's just what happened. I drove her all over our wonderful northland,...