Q&A: Canning milk, Canning butter, and Turning in rye
Canning milk
I love your cookbook and followed the directions for canning milk. Because of milk's lactic acid, can I use the canned milk --...
New chickens on the homestead get a new coop
We had unexpected new chickens. My oldest son, Bill, called to say that his father-in-law had 12 heavy laying hens that he was given...
The Provider green beans are ready!
I've started weeding the beans in the Central garden for the second time. Our wonder-apprentice, Alisha, weeded that whole garden before she went home...
Q and A: seal on a woodstove, planting peppers, and canning cheese
Seal on woodstove
We have a woodstove in our small cabin which is 700 sq. ft. Each year the seal on the inside of the...
And how does the garden grow?
Pretty darned good, despite the drought, heat, and rain, rain, rain. Some crops, like most of the corn, had to be replanted. But now...