Q and A: canning beans, transplanting fruit trees, and canning with kids
Canning beans
I decided to can up several kinds of beans to save heat in the kitchen during the summer. They all look good but they are not juicy like store bought ones. Did I...
From below zero to above 60 in one week!
Only in Minnesota does it go from sub-zero to 62 degreesin a week. We did have about 2 feet of snow on the ground, but today it's totally gone except in shady areas or...
Great weekend — got a lot done
We had a little rain on Saturday, but not much. So this weekend we got a lot done. Will and Krystal moved the big hoop house off of the garden so he could till...
Q and A: storing lemon juice and growing potatoes
Storing lemon juice
How would you go about canning store-bought lemon juice? I assume due to the acidity that Tattler lids would come in handy here. Or is it fine to just store it in...
Have you ever tried local auction sites?
We have several, but we use our Do-Bid.Com site because there are auction houses 20 miles from our house. We can go view different things as well as pick up items for which we...