Our new Nubian buckling
After months of searching, we finally found a new spotted Nubian buck out of good milking bloodlines. His daddy is a huge, gorgeous black and white spotted registered buck and his mother is a...
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...
Q and A: Meals in a jar and storing homemade pasta
Meals in a jar
Is there a meals in a jar cookbook? New here and haven't heard. Also, is there a "how to" book on planting heirloom veggies for planting in the South?
Cathy Thompson
Cherokee, Iowa
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The seed starting is gearing up, even in below zero temps
I've got all our pepper seeds started and am nearly done with the tomatoes. We had some old squash and pumpkin seeds, some of which were donated by a reader to whom I sent...
We’ve moved our steers onto the new seeding
Four 800-pound steers eat a lot of grass! A month ago, we moved them into the newly fenced pasture, but they ate the grass down all too quickly. But luckily, the new seeding next...