Q and A: Canning butter and growing basil
Canning butter
I canned some butter over this weekend following the directions in your canning book. You say to simmer the butter to evaporate the...
We enjoyed a sunny Mother’s Day
On Mother's Day it's become a family tradition, for my son, Bill, and his family to meet us at Byrns Greenhouse out in the...
We’re finally getting (nearly) done with planting
There are still more crops to get planted, but we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Will is hard at work...
Our first major snow storm is on the way
My sister called me tonight to remind me that we are under a winter storm warning, the first of the season. We've had...
Our homestead has grown another 40 acres
The forty acres adjacent to ours (down what we call the Wolf Road, an old lumbering trail off our driveway) was for sale by...