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...
Q and A: frozen melon and canning hominy
Frozen melon
Our cantaloupe produced wonderfully last summer. My wife was able to freeze a bunch of it. My wife uses the frozen melon in smoothies and ice cream and such. But we still have...
Q and A: excess potatoes, problem with chickens, and cheese from store-bought milk
Excess potatoes
My dad just received 250 lbs of free potatoes. We have given a lot of them to family and friends but still have way too many. Is there any way to freeze them...
No, aliens didn’t abduct Will and me
I'm so sorry to have worried everyone by missing my two blogs last week. You see, Will's daughter, who lives in central Illinois, was in a car accident leaving her unable to work on...
Q and A: Pickled beets, Canning blue cheese, and Canning horseradish
Pickled beets
Yesterday I made canned pickled beets. This is the first time I have ever canned and I am paranoid about botulism! Should I worry about this? I boiled the jars for 10 minutes...