I will be speaking at the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Conference
This great event will be held at Aberdeen, South Dakota, January 27th and 28th at the Ramkota Inn. On Friday, I'll be speaking on backyard fruit production. Saturday will be a full one for...
Today Will is going to finish framing the roof of the new barn
It's been a long haul, but right now, Will's down at the new barn, nailing on the last of the purlins that the sheet metal roof will be screwed to. There sure were a...
Q and A: chili sauce too hot, canning brine, and crumbly biscuits
Chili sauce too hot
I have just made some fermented chili sauce that I would like to can. I made it too hot and I am wondering if you have any suggestions for making it...
The new front porch is now on
After slowly bringing in stacks of two inch home-sawn boards from a snow-covered pile in the front yard and warming them up, Will cut them to length and stained them. So for a week...
Q and A: laundry soap and giving spoiled fruit to livestock
Laundry soap
Is your laundry soap recipe, found in BHM, safe to wash our baby's clothes in? We are expecting our first child in October. One of the questions that was raised by grandma was...