We have water!
When you live off grid, you need to learn to color outside the lines. Our water lines, both from our new well at the barn and our house well, froze and we were without...
Q and A: potatoes with strange texture and canning catsup
Potatoes with strange texture
For the last two seasons, my purchased winter potatoes have had a strange texture and a pale brown mottled appearance in the flesh. The flesh which is brown and mottled will...
It may be Christmas, but I’m drooling over seed catalogs already
This year, I've been getting seed catalogs for nearly a month now. So Will and I have been discussing different varieties that we'd like to try. We've already ordered 9 new apple trees, a...
Will we ever get done planting?
This year has been crazy so far. First off, we had a winter without snow. Then, spring came early so we started in early. But we got rain. And rain. And more rain. So,...
Q and A: bulging lids and black speck disease on tomatoes
Bulging lids
I'm noticing that many of my canning lids are bulging this year whether I'm canning in a water bath or pressure cooker. They seal just fine. What is causing them to bulge?
Geryl...