Q and A: sun chokes and canning tomatoes without adding lemon or vinegar
Sun Chokes
You mentioned Sun Chokes. Do you have any recipes to share? Have not been able to find many on the internet. We just love reading your blog and fight over the magazine when...
Q and A: How much canning in a year? and Cornish cross update
How much canning in a year?
How many jars of canned food do you put up in a years time; on average? I have been canning all summer and probably have put up about 500...
The Cook Area Garden Club visits our homestead
Thursday we hosted the Cook Area Garden Club for the second year. About forty people came and they were very enthusiastic about seeing what we were doing around our homestead. Although they came a...
Q and A: excess potatoes, problem with chickens, and cheese from store-bought milk
Excess potatoes
My dad just received 250 lbs of free potatoes. We have given a lot of them to family and friends but still have way too many. Is there any way to freeze them...
Q and A: hens not laying, Hopi Pale Grey seeds, and storing bulk foods
Hens not laying
We have 4 Buff Orpingtons that turned 2 years old in May 2013 and 1 that turned 1 year old August 2013. About April the 4 older ones quit laying eggs. The...