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 farm, I can see you are "the genuine article" and...
Q and A: Picking green peppers, cross pollination, and canning pumpkin soup
Picking green peppers
I'm in Kentucky. We're due for a hard frost this weekend. I have been harvesting my cayenne peppers as they turn red and have had a great haul. I still have loads...
Q and A: canning bacon and sausage and storing banana squash
Canning bacon and sausage and storing banana squash
I tried canning bacon and sausage for the first time a few weeks ago, both in half pint jars. The bacon did well, pint jars would have...
We’re getting our shakes up on the roof
We've been working at nailing the shakes down on the roof extending into the greenhouse. We bought a brad nailer that sure makes things go faster and splits less shakes than a hammer and...
We’re sawing up those poles Will saved from clearing the new forty
It's getting cold. Tonight it's going to be down around zero. Today, however, was beautiful -- sunny and pretty. You may remember that Will carefully saved nearly all of those small trees he bulldozed...