We got a foot of blowing snow, but it has passed

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Today, the sun is out brightly and the big snowstorm is history. Will waited until the snow had stopped as it does little good...

Q and A: pressure canning and canning pickled asparagus

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Pressure canning I was canning the other day in my pressure canner and after the processing time was done and the pressure had dropped...

We harvested our first cherry!

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Okay, so there are only six cherries on the Meteor cherry tree! But they're ripening and it's our first harvest from this young tree,...

Mom’s in the hospital, so please forgive the short blog post

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Just a week after Mother's Day, I had to rush Mom to the Cook Hospital.  She was suddenly vomiting and her stomach hurt.  As...

Sorry for not blogging

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After a lengthy downhill slide, Mom passed away Friday morning, at the nursing home, in her sleep. We had known it was coming as...