Q and A: fruit flies and canning with dehydrated powder
Fruit flies
There are always fruit flies swarming around my compost. Is this a problem? I can't see how to avoid it, given that there...
The new front porch is now on
After slowly bringing in stacks of two inch home-sawn boards from a snow-covered pile in the front yard and warming them up, Will cut...
Q and A: free-ranging pigs, canned pinto beans, and sunless strawberries
Free-ranging pigs
I remember you telling about a pig that spent the winter free and that it did very well. I wonder what kind of...
Snow’s coming … too soon
We heard the dreaded four letter word: snow! And eight inches plus is forecast. In Northern Minnesota, that means it'll probably stick all winter....
It’s a boy!
Our heifer, Salsa, finally had her calf. Will went down at 7:30 A.M. to check her and nothing was going on. Ashley went down...