Q and A: canning with broth instead of water, fertile eggs, and corn tasseling...
Canning with broth instead of water
When canning low acid foods, can I use flavored broths instead of plain water for the liquid? For instance,...
Finally, our rains have begun
After two months of drought, we are getting periodic rains. Whew, it sure was dry! In the North garden (where we can't water) the...
Q and A: drying corn and canning hamburger
Drying corn
Hi Jackie, know you're busy as a bee. We planted some Country Gentleman corn to save mostly for seed in case of emergency....
Spring is officially here — we saw robins today
Will bummed me out this morning. He got up earlier than I did and saw our first robin in the tree in our backyard....
We were excited to see another wolf on the beaver pond
First, Will spotted a deer running across the pond. Shortly after, came a wolf. He wasn't running but kind of snooping along here and...


