Q and A: corn relish and dry milk for emergency use
Corn relish
I just made my first batch ever of corn relish, but ran short on pickling brine toward the end. I went ahead and processed it, but wondered later if the last few jars...
Q and A: Allergic to nightshade vegetables and Canning cabbage soup
Allergic to nightshade vegetables
I am looking at my food storage. Lots of canned veggies and pasta meals. I recently found out that I am allergic to all the nightshades, that's right, tomato, potato, eggplant...
Did you ever want to throw your computer out the window?
Well, yesterday I came so close! I began to write my blog after morning chores. Simple enough, right? Well, not so much. When I went to transfer my Montana trip photos from my camera...
We’re making hay while the sun shines
After such a rainy early summer, it has finally dried up. It's supposed to be sunny for a whole week so we're making hay like crazy. Will baled up two small fields with the...
It’s been hot, hot, hot — even here in northern Minnesota
Will has the fence around the new forty acres done to the point that the horses can be turned in, with four wires on three sides and two wires on the farthest side. It's...