Freeze warning!
Okay, we've been through a couple of frost warnings, but tonight the weather radio is calling for a freeze warning -- 30 degrees! EEeeeek! So all day we've been picking tomatoes. Buckets and baskets...
Q and A: jar quantity and size, good wood cookstove, and off-grid water
Jar quantity and size
I purchased your book Growing and Canning Your Own Food. Good book but I can't find where in the recipes for high acid food is the jar size and quantity of...
Q and A: canning sauerkraut and canning potatoes
Canning sauerkraut
I made a small batch of sauerkraut but only let it ferment for 4½ days. Last night I water bath canned for 15 minutes. My question: is it ok that it was...
Just got over my annual fall cold
This was a very bad time to catch a cold. And darn it, I DID get a flu and pneumonia shot too! I didn't get the flu or pneumonia, but was in bed two...
One of the nine baby turkeys went missing!
Will went out to do chores this morning and counted baby turkeys. There were only eight! We've been seeing mama fox and her half-grown babies quite near the buildings, so we just assumed that...