We have a really cool spruce burl log
For those of you who don't know what the heck that is, here's the dope: A log with burls has all these lumps and bumps running down the whole tree trunk, usually caused by...
Our harvest weather is continuing
And thank God! Boy, are we ever busy since our daughter, Jenna, left. Will's been cutting more hay, breaking down, fixing it, cutting, fixing, and today, more cutting. And praying, I'm sure! Meanwhile, I'm...
I almost lost Will on Friday!
Okay, it was Friday the 13th … He had taken a big round bale out to the cows in the North pasture and had come back though the pipe gate, parked the tractor on...
Q and A: saving seeds from beans, canning mayonnaise, and saving Hopi Pale Grey...
Saving seeds from green beans
I know you can let green beans go to seed and save the seed. My question is: Are they as nutritious as say Pinto beans? Can they be made into...
Our rains are here, in full force
All I've got to say is "Yuck!" We're madly trying to continue our harvest but it's nearly impossible when it's pouring rain every day. I've still got plenty of dry bean seed to harvest...