Self-sufficiency

Using flour in canned pie fillings Is it safe to use flour for thickener in home canned fruit pie (apple) fillings? We have an allergy...

Slugs Help! My garden is being eaten alive by slugs! I've tried making yeast traps (hot water, yeast, a bit of sugar) and that does...

You hear the old saying, "They fight like cats and dogs." That doesn't hold true with our animals! Our cat, Mittens, and dog, Spencer,...

We have a large, fat garter snake hanging around which gives us a startle once in awhile. But we like having him around as...

And they blew and blew yesterday and the day before! So hard, in fact, that I was having a hard time sleeping between the...