Q and A: ripe squash, pectin alternatives, and liquid or no liquid in hot-packed...
Ripe squash
This year I grew Hopi grey squash for the first time. I noticed that the little curly que by the stem dries up,...
Through our local online auction, I picked up vintage Zane Grey books
As a lifetime Western novel fan, I jumped (no LEAPED) at the chance to pick up several hardcover, vintage copies of many Zane Grey...
Q and A: laundry soap and giving spoiled fruit to livestock
Laundry soap
Is your laundry soap recipe, found in BHM, safe to wash our baby's clothes in? We are expecting our first child in October....
For Christmas I got … the cold from Hell
I suppose I should have been expecting it; Will caught it first, but as Christmas approached, I could feel it coming. I took Vitamin...
Spring is here; I’m starting my first seeds!
Well, spring is officially here on our homestead, even though it was 6° F this morning. Because peppers and petunias take quite a while...