We’re getting ready for our homesteading seminar and progressing on our homestead as usual
I'm madly trying to wrap things up on my end as I prepare to fly out Thursday to Colorado Springs for the Preparedness Expo where I'll be speaking and hanging out at the BHM...
It’s been a different week
I've been busy cleaning out my raspberry-choked flower beds in the front yard, getting ready to renew them. Around here, wild raspberries are among the worst of weeds, spreading by underground rhizomes, popping up...
Velvet’s triplet does are getting big now
It's amazing how fast little goats get big. Our triplet does from our best milker, Velvet, are now nearly as big as their mom and as fat as little piglets. Of course, feeding them...
Q and A: making corn meal and growing Hopi Pale Grey Squash
Making corn meal
My question is regarding homemade corn meal. We have a hand crank corn sheller and it works great. We also have a grist mill, and it makes corn meal just fine. The...
We’ve got all our tomatoes in the main garden, caged and mulched
It's a big job, getting all our tomatoes ready to grow; first we pull the WallO' Waters off them, then weed each and mulch heavily. Then each gets a steel T-post and heavy duty...