It’s hard to weed when it pours every ten minutes
Will and I have been trying hard to get ahead of the weeds everywhere. Some days, we make great progress. Yesterday, he ran the...
Q and A: canning tomatoes, canning root vegetables, raised beds and converting a hayfield
Canning tomatoes
I am canning tomatoes. Of course it seems time consuming. This year, for one batch I have pureed the entire tomato (minus the...
While Will stacks up more firewood, I’m doing photo shoots for the recipe book
Will went out again today and brought home another load of magnificent, dead, solid ash firewood. This stuff is large, with some butts being...
Q and A: Preserving juice, growing tomatoes, and preserving by confiting
Preserving juice
What would be the best way to preserve juice in wine/sparkling cider bottles? I've been a winemaker for several years, and would like...
It feels like fall
All of a sudden, a cold front hit us with highs in the low fifties F plus very high wind. Boy was it cold!...