Q and A: Ash dust and Apple bread recipe
Ash dust
I just read the Q&A on your blog regarding minimizing ash dust in the room when emptying the ash accumulation in a wood heating stove. We just about to buy a new wood...
Q and A: growing gourds and drying Lima beans
Growing gourds
Do (can) you grow gourds up there in the Great White North? If so, what types? Is it possible to grow them in the Medford, Oregon area? I'd like to grow penguin gourds...
Q&A: Making tomato sauce, Cleaning carrots, and Growing Brussels sprouts
Making tomato sauce and cleaning carrots
April 13th, Lisa Bano asked a question, in comments about leaving tomato sauce/paste in the oven on low. She assumed this direction was for your wood stove, and wanted...
Q and A: Mastitis and Canning potatoes
Mastitis
I have a Nubian doe that I am at the end of my rope with. We got her in early March, paid a bunch for her, and she was supposed to be gallon a...
Q and A: preserving tomatoes, canning peaches, and planting a recently excavated slope
Preserving tomatoes
Because of the month long heat (in 100s) the only tomatoes I have are the cherry ones and I'm thankful for those. I have juiced the first batch and it is thick. Not...



