What a summer! I have to have my gallbladder out and Will went to...
We've had more than 12 inches of rain in the last two weeks. Hey, it's homesteading, right? But it didn't help that I found out that I need gallbladder surgery, then after two attacks...
Q and A: flu tonic and storing dehydrated foods
Flu tonic
I have a recipe that I call my "flu/cold tonic." I am wondering if it can be canned for longer storage.
Juice of 6 fresh lemons
1 bulb garlic
2 tsp. ginger powder
2 Tbsp. honey
3...
We have a regular visitor
Over the summer and some of the fall, we've had occasional visits by a wild turkey hen. She walked in last summer, interested in a couple of our domestic toms that wander around the...
Over the cold and back in the saddle
Finally, I got over my cold. Boy, was it a doozy! Just in time, too, as today we moved our adopted son, Javid, from his assisted living apartment at Orr to Cook which is...
My garden is growing very well this year
My good old rhubarb, a Victoria old-fashioned rhubarb is now over my head. Check out the photo of it next to the hoop house. The stalks are as big around as my wrist. We're...