Q and A: Planting beans late, Canning meat, and Canning vegetable soup
Planting beans late
I have some room in my garden due to harvesting my beets. I'd like to plant dry beans; jacob's cattle, etc. It is July 21 here in Central Missouri and I'd like...
We hosted a local homeschooling group last Saturday
A homeschooling friend asked if their group could come out and tour our homestead on Saturday. Always happy to encourage new homesteaders, especially kids, we said YES!
Boy, was that fun! We had a yard...
Our bitter cold is holding tight but the end is in sight
Yeah, we're darned sick of below zero temps, night and day with windchill temperatures of -5 to -60 degrees. (Did you know that your skin can freeze within 5 minutes when it's that cold?)...
Q and A: fruit trees and watermelon dying and red cabbage for Amish coleslaw
Fruit trees and watermelon dying
We planted fruit trees this spring. We have had a very dry summer, nevertheless we have watered the trees three times a week. Now the leaves of all the fruit...
The sun’s out and we’re making use of the nice day
After a day's worth of cold, nasty weather, we were real happy to see the sun this morning. It was gorgeous, seeing the fog lifting from the creek, ponds, and the plowed field. Will's...