Indian Summer has come; we’re feeling great and getting a lot done
Slowly, slowly, Will and I are feeling better and doing more every day. Besides the "getting ready for winter" stuff, (canning, and building projects), I took time to get the log siding on the...
Q and A: Plucking chickens and Canning potatoes
Plucking chickens
I haven't raised chickens for over 20 years but my grown kids convinced me to do it again so they could learn. We just finished butchering our first batch of 16 meat chickens....
We took our pig in to butcher
And now we are waiting for the call to come pick up our pork at the processing plant. Of course, it's going to be a little longer before the hams and bacon are smoked,...
Will’s here and I’m canning sweet corn like mad…while he plays on the bulldozer
My handsome and adorable boyfriend, Will, flew in on Thursday and I haven't sat still since! Our sweet corn suffered during the recent freeze, and I'm canning it up like mad. I'm so happy...
Lots of Q and A
Preserving okra
We are having a welcome proliferation of okra this year. It does very well in our Arizona desert heat. We love fresh okra, but we're having a hard time keeping up with it,...