Hope to see you at the Arlington Expo Friday and Saturday

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I will be at the Self Reliance Expo in Arlington, Texas, at the Arlington Convention Center. I have been very busy getting ready to go. When you're a homesteader, it's really hard to go...

We spend another day helping Bill

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We went down another day to help out my oldest son, Bill, frame in his new garage addition. The old garage is a two-car garage he built on a heated slab, several years ago....

Q and A: peeling eggs and canning tomato sauce

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Peeling eggs I wanted to pass on my tip for peeling new eggs. After boiling and cracking them just slip a spoon between the shell and egg, run it around the egg. The peel will...

We’re putting the garden to bed for the winter, but we’re still harvesting

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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: Rancid pecans and raising meat

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Rancid pecans I was making some Christmas candy and found a 2# bag of pecans on the shelf that I bought last year this time. I opened them to use them up but they are...