Only when you live in the backwoods do your neighbors drive horses over to...
The other day our neighbor called to see if we were going to be home. We said "yes," and he said he'd be over in a few minutes. Well, a few minutes came and...
Q and A: pruning grapes, heating canned foods, and canning Velveeta cheese
Pruning grapes
My questions are about my concord grapes. 1st my mother told me the first year I moved onto my property to cut my grape vines all the way down to leave only about...
Q and A: using an incubator, metal roof, using canned rubarb, and growing asparagus
Using an incubator
I searched your site for an in-depth article on using an incubator. The article in the previous issue about improving by adding a fan really helped but it did not have any...
Q and A: steam canning and drying cornmeal
Steam canning
Have you heard the latest news from the National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP)? Last September, they announced that a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, in collaboration with the NCHFP,...
Are any of you suffering from lack of sun?
We were until I came upon some of my photos taken in June! My gosh, the colors just knock us out after a winter of drab and white. Now I really can't wait till...