Q and A: boiled cider, Hopi Pale Grey squash not producing, and larger hoop...
Boiled cider
Apple harvest time is here and I've recently discovered some great sounding doughnut recipes that call for "boiled cider" as one of the ingredients. Boiled apple cider is quite expensive to buy so...
Our beautiful fall weather will come to an end with frost
We're supposed to get frost and possibly snow flurries tonight through Saturday evening, and we've still got veggies in the gardens. I've been picking beans and corn for weeks and now we've switched into...
Winter keeps hanging on
Here it is, the first week of April and we've still got plenty of snow on the ground and the highs this week have barely reached 30 degrees. (I've checked photos from years back...
Q and A: garden mulching, watering, and using hoop houses
I see in the summer pics of your garden, you use mulch. Looks like hay, and doesn't look really thick like the deep mulch system. Question: It looks like hay -- I worry about...
Q and A: All-around homestead rifle and saving corn seeds
All-around homestead rifle
Is a 12 gauge shot gun an all around best buy for the money and for survival?
Johnny Small
Fort Lawn, South Carolina
It is if it works for you. When you're talking about survival,...