Q and A: canning pokeweed and thinning corn plants
Canning pokeweed
My husband was wondering if it is possible to can pokeweed? We usually eat it like spinach after blanching and draining twice, or else fry the stems in flour and butter. I never...
The big Bill Bean is ripe
You've been wondering when you'd get a chance to see our biggest big Bill Bean tomato? We harvested it before the chickens could get a beak on it, and it's a whopper — 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 core) in the food processor and then proceeded to canning...
Planting, planting, planting
With spring here and temperatures soaring quickly into the 80's, along with a good, soaking inch of rain, we're going crazy with planting. Already we've got the Main, House, and Central gardens nearly full...
Spring on the homestead continues
Strangely, suddenly, it's spring, even though it's only March in northern Minnesota. I'm sure we'll have more snow and blustery weather, but it's in the high 40s, not 20s, and nearly all our snow...