Q and A: leaving rings on jars in storage, canning pinto beans, and growing...
Leaving rings on jars in storage
Our family butchered a 500+ pound hog this past weekend, and we were able to render 30+ quarts of lard. We poured the hot lard directly from the press...
Everything is melting
And it's not April yet! We're very happy as perhaps Will can get started on building our permanent greenhouse soon. He's shoveled the snow away from the bean trellises and posts in the House...
The sun is out!
Hooray! Sunshine! It seems forever since we've seen it. And, living off grid, having long periods of cloudy weather means it's generator time when I want to wash clothes. Yep, I put it off,...
We’re having spring-like weather
And we're making very good use of it! After our collapsed pallet fence around the front yard had been removed, Will got busy cleaning out the part of the woods next to it that...
I passed my one-week TAVR exam with flying colors
I drove to Duluth yesterday afternoon to meet with the cardiology team. First, I had an EKG, then labs. Finally, I went to the cardiology unit to hear the results. All good. Will didn't...