Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!
You'll remember that with the drought last year, we had lots of grasshoppers? Well, with half of them being female, they laid lots of eggs. Just like in Laura Ingles Wilder's book. And, this...
We’re putting the garden to bed for the winter, but we’re still harvesting
Although we're hauling compost down to our garden by the tractor load, we're still busily harvesting. I just finished the Swiss Chard. I plant Bright Lights, just because I love the pretty colors. Of...
Q and A: shelf life of apple juice and Canada Crookneck seeds
Shelf life of apple juice
If using a Mehu-Liisa to extract apple juice, is draining the hot liquid into a properly cleaned and heated jar with a two piece canning lid all that is needed?...
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: Pressure canner gauge and peeling winter squash
Pressure canner gauge
I took the gauge from my older All American Canner to be tested. It read 7, 12.5 and 18. I had been canning with it (chicken, cubed beef both raw pack and...