When you live in the backwoods, you live by the weather
The first thing we do every morning is turn on our little weather radio to see what the coming weather is going to be (or do to us!). And by that, we plan our...
Earth Fest was a success despite heavy snow
Will and I manned the BHM booth at the Iron Mountain, Minnesota, EarthFest on Saturday. We met a lot of BHM subscribers and made a lot of new friends. But boy oh boy did...
Did you ever have one of “those” weeks?
It started a few days ago. The baler broke down (again). Same over-running clutch plate ... translated to $140, including shipping and handling. It seems that the steel had a flaw and it simply...
Q and A: making pickles, preserving squash, and growing squash
Making pickles
Do you have a recipe for making dill cucumbers with lemon juice instead of vinegar? It just sounds healthier, if it is possible.
Nancy Hoppe
Cinebar, Washington
You could use a substitution in your dill pickle...
Q and A: butchering sheep, garlic sprouting too early, and not using a pressure...
Butchering a sheep
My family was recently given a sheep to butcher. It was a show lamb with a bum leg. In the course of researching (we have done chickens and cows but never sheep)...