Oh my goodness! Where are the days going?
We've been hitting the gardens hard every single day now that the weather's changed into warm and dry. We are planting about 76 tomatoes every day, plus doing some corn, squash, and assorted other...
Our big snowstorm turned out to be a non-event
We were all set for a foot of blowing, drifting snow. Then nothing much happened! Yep, the wind blew like crazy, making our little wind charger howl. And, yes, it snowed. But we only...
We’re bartering breeding services
For our pigs, that is! We have two gilts that need to be bred and we have no boar. Friends of ours, Tiffany and her husband, Nate, had a boar they could spare but...
After seven years, I’m getting kitchen cabinets
There have always been higher priorities here than new kitchen cabinets, and Will wanted to hand-make ours. But time seems to fly by and finally I couldn't stand my messy kitchen any longer. With...
Q and A: rice bran oil, pond algae, and dill pickle recipe
Rice bran oil
I have recently found a source of Rice Bran oil (they say it is as healthy as olive oil with a high smoke point) and was wondering if I could extend the...