We’ve been knocking out walls
Really! To make the new dining room and entryway more roomy feeling, we've turned the window in the old living room into a half-wall...
Q and A: Log home and Sick hen
Log home
I truly enjoy reading your blog and all your articles. From my perspective growing up in a rural area on a one mule...
Lots of Q and A
Preserving okra
We are having a welcome proliferation of okra this year. It does very well in our Arizona desert heat. We love fresh okra,...
Q and A: Stagnant water, No-mow grass, Butternut squash, and Canning three bean salad
Stagnant water
We are interested in putting in a pond but are concerned about stagnant water. There is no inlet from a spring or outlet...
After two months with a frozen water line, we have water!
But our water line is still frozen. How can that be? My inventive husband saw that our spring catchment basin was nearly unfrozen and...



