Q and A: learning to can, soil preparation, and processing pigs
Learning to can and soil preparation
I have been reading your blog for some time now, and just getting the nerve to do canning. I put up some peach jam with water bath canning last...
A few pumkin moons brought on cold and lots of canning
Our summer garden is just about toast. We got a harvest moon early this month, then again last night. The first brought 29 degrees and kind of freeze burned our garden. The second brought...
Our first turkey egg of the year!
Yesterday when I was gathering chicken eggs, I came across a strange egg under the roosting area. Could it be? Yes...it was a little pointed on one end, kind of big. Speckled, too. A...
We’re taking applications for a summer apprentice
Since our seed business has grown by leaps and bounds … as has our homestead, we've decided we could use some help this spring, summer, and fall and am offering an apprenticeship to a...
We’re getting the garden and berry patch ready for growing and we’re fencing the...
Spring is here big time, with balmy days in the fifties. So every day is a work day. We borrowed a big breaking plow from my son, Bill, and Will hooked it to our...