It’s always great to discover what your homesteading friends are doing
Recently, I drove to Ely, Minnesota, to visit with my friend Virginia and see what she and her husband have done to take container gardening to new heights. Literally! As their land is basically...
The harvest continues
Even though we've had several hard freezes, we are continuing to harvest here on our homestead. Will and I agree; we've never had a more productive garden. What a huge blessing! Especially after our...
Q and A: tallow candles, canning tomato soup, and apple trees
Tallow candles
Have you ever made candles from rendered tallow? I made 3 container candles in small jars as an experiment. They looked beautiful, but they only burned for about 20 minutes until the wicks...
Q and A: cooling with no fridge, growing winter squash, and measuring flavored oil
Cooling with no fridge
Yesterday I arrived at our hunting trailer to prepare for a family canning bee only to discover that the fridge is dead. We do have one six-pack sized fridge that is...
It finally rained!
After weeks without rain, we were so very thankful that we had two days and nights with at least a decent partial rain. All totaled, we got about ¾ of an inch. But boy...