I hope your Christmas was as happy as ours

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Ashley and I baked for a week. Cookies, pies, candy, and finally Will's Cheescake (you can find this recipe and more in my pantry cookbook). I had to laugh though. Due to our generator...

We just love our meals in a jar!

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After a long day of work around the homestead, I'm not always gung ho to create a sumptuous supper for us. Last spring I canned up a whole mess of baked beans and ham...

We continue to work on the new barn and the pigs get a bigger...

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Will is still working on the floor joists of the new barn, trying to get them all done before winter closes in. (There were more than 90 of them in all! All had to...

Q and A: canning potatoes and green beans and sugarless strawberry jam

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Canning potatoes and green beans Do you use raw potatoes and green beans in this canning recipe? Is it still an approved recipe? An older post advised to mix your potatoes, green beans, and ham...

Have you seen the Glass Gem Corn?

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It takes quite a bit to WOW me after all these years. But I recently saw a mention of it in Farm Show and had to check it out. My-oh-my, what a beautiful and...