Q and A: making pickles, preserving squash, and growing squash

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Making pickles Do you have a recipe for making dill cucumbers with lemon juice instead of vinegar? It just sounds healthier, if it is possible. Nancy...

Our August seminar is full (even a bit overfull)

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Sorry to tell folks who have been putting off signing up for our August homesteading seminar, but we've filled up -- even gone a...

Q and A: canning pumpkin and canning cheese

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Canning pumpkin My question is about canning pumpkin. I know we are supposed to cube the pumpkin. When filling up the jars with the pumpkin...

Q and A: dehydrating fruits and veggies, canning pepper rings, canning ground beef

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Dehydrating fruits and veggies I will be retiring soon from the Navy and my family and I have just started our homesteading journey with five...

Flip-flop weather

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Just yesterday we were running around outside in our T-shirts. Will was finishing up work on his rebuilt corn planter and I was continuing...