We hosted a local homeschooling group last Saturday
A homeschooling friend asked if their group could come out and tour our homestead on Saturday. Always happy to encourage new homesteaders, especially kids,...
Spring is dragging its feet this year
It seems that this year, spring is dragging its feet. Or maybe we just got spoiled when it was 60 degrees a week or...
Q and A: making applesauce and tomato sauce, storing fresh carrots, using crabapples
Making applesauce and tomato sauce
Have you ever washed, cut, and cooked apples, put through juicer strainer with a large tea strainer on pan...
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...
Q&A: Transplanting tomatoes & Trimming tough hooves
Transplanting tomatoes
I tried transplanting tomato plants last year with little success. What vegetable plants transplant from indoor starts well and is there something I...