Q and A: blower for wood stove and old honey
Blower for wood stove
I have a question about our woodburning stove. We have had it for three years now and it has a blower on it. Unfortunately the blower rarely turns on even...
We’re racing along as the weather maintains
Although some of our neighboring areas have had flash flooding, such as the 7 inches of rain our friend Dara had recently, washing out her quite long driveway, we only got a little over...
Q and A: Canning gumbo and honey chicken, canning clam chowder, canning bean dip
Canning gumbo and honey chicken
We recently made a BIG batch of gumbo, and thus, had lots leftover. I was wondering if there is ANY way possible to safely and effectively can that?
Also, I...
David had fun with one of our pumpkins
We have been feeding all of our animals lots of our two tons of pumpkins. They love them, from chickens to the pigs, goats, and cattle. But we did save some of the nicest...
Q and A: protecting fruit trees from frost, cloudy jelly, and canning collard greens
Protecting fruit trees from frost
I'm thinking about putting in a couple of apple trees and was wondering how you protect your fruit trees from the spring frosts. Here in eastern Washington, the orchardists use...