While I’m taking it easy, Will’s working hard

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Okay I'm a bum, but, hey, I had knee surgery on Thursday. I overdid it on Friday, moving tomatoes and peppers out onto our enclosed porch. So Friday was a pain (literally!). And I...

Q and A: pickling radishes, strawberry rhubarb jam, and bacon

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Pickling radishes Believe it or not, I couldn't find in your canning book a recipe for pickling radishes. Do you have any suggestions?   Jon Gallo All I do when I can radishes is to slice or...

Freeze!

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Well, it finally happened -- Thursday night it froze. David came over in the afternoon after his college course was finished and helped Will cover what we could, hoping to save at least a...

We had one of “those” days

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First off, our 5-year-old six-battery battery bank was quickly dying. It got so we didn't even have enough power to run a CFL to see to get up to go to the bathroom and...

Our August seminar is full (even a bit overfull)

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Sorry to tell folks who have been putting off signing up for our August homesteading seminar, but we've filled up -- even gone a little over our limit to accommodate some folks who live...