Finally, our rains have begun
After two months of drought, we are getting periodic rains. Whew, it sure was dry! In the North garden (where we can't water) the ground was cracked like Death Valley. Yep, crops out there...
I’m bushed, but boy are we getting things done!
Our drywalling is coming along well, but Will and I kind of needed a break in it; there's just so much. We got the new laundry room finished, except for the trim around the...
The barn is coming right along
Will is making terrific strides with our new barn. Unfortunately, Eric couldn't work with him these past few days so he's been doing it mostly alone with a little help from David before he...
Q and A: using lard or tallow and canning on a ceramic cooktop
Using lard or tallow
I got the book on LARD from Grit magazine but it said nothing about using tallow from beef instead of lard from pigs. We don't have pigs but do a steer....
They’re calling it the “Arctic Vortex” we call it a pain
Yep, at the risk of sounding same old same old, we got another 14 inches of snow with 40 mph wind. Now the temp's going down way below zero this whole week! This is...