We’re still in harvest mode after all these weeks
This afternoon we're going out to dig the last of our potatoes, two 75-foot rows in our old pig pasture. We already have the North Garden and the Main Garden, so instead of continuing...
We’re raising our own baby chicks this year
Every year, we've bought baby meat chicks to raise to butcher and have gotten real tired of them being so DUMB and hardly able to walk. It didn't seem natural. So last spring, we...
War on weeds
Due to several reasons (excuses?), the weeds got ahead of us this year. I'm talking severely ahead of us! So as the weather has finally cooled down to tolerable, we are spending hours a...
Q and A: Wood burners, Peach preserves, Dry beans, and Pumpkin puree
Wood burners
Have you used a wood burner with a jetstove.com chimney? They are supposed to be smokeless and put out twice the heat. I really like the concept of not letting all my heat...