Believe it or not, most of our two feet of snow is gone
But it is snowing a bit this morning. Mittens went out exploring the big snow pile next to the yard made by the snowplow truck. She LOVES the snow. When fresh snow is deep...
The wheat is heading out and the black raspberries are ripe
With the rain we've had, along with the hot weather, our whole homestead is booming. Yesterday, I went out to the orchard to cut the goats an armload of oats and clover from the...
We had a happy Thanksgiving and a foot of snow
As we were under a winter blizzard warning, we had no company for Thanksgiving. But I still cooked up a storm, anyway. And finally, after years of trial and error...mostly error…found out how to...
You asked for it! Our first homesteading seminar!
A lot of you have been asking if we would consider doing a homesteading seminar here at our place. Before this, we just didn't have enough time because of all of our ongoing projects....
Q and A: dry canned meat, canning chocolate sauce, and canning peaches
Dry canned meat
How long will dry canned meat last? For small game like chicken and rabbits do the bones need to be removed before canning?
Zenola Sherman
Toledo, Ohio
I'm not sure what you mean by dry...