After two months with a frozen water line, we have water!
But our water line is still frozen. How can that be? My inventive husband saw that our spring catchment basin was nearly unfrozen and...
We’re having a beautiful late summer
Fortunately, we've been having some periodic, gentle rains that have actually been measurable, as opposed to those rare .017 of an inch, formerly this...
Q and A: Wringer washer, Canning at 1,400 feet, and stewed tomatoes
Wringer washer
Just bought an Maytag wringer washer. The wringer is not working, but there is a hollow hose, the size of a spark plug...
Our sunny weather is holding one more day
We were so glad we had a stretch of warm, sunny weather. Not only did it allow Will to go over and cut a...
We have the very best tomatoes this year … ever
We've been filling five-gallon buckets full of tomatoes every couple of days for more than a week now. And canning, and canning… I've put...