Mom’s in the hospital, so please forgive the short blog post
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 she'd already had two bowel blockages, I was afraid I...
Q and A: using a fermenting crock for meat and peeling Hopi Pale Gray...
Using fermenting crock for meat
My husband would like to cure some meat in my German fermenting crock. Will my crock be safe to use again for cabbage? It is glazed on the inside.
Jean Ann...
Reader’s Question: Root cellars, heating, and wood cookstoves
Dear Jackie
You were kind enough to answer a quetion I asked a few years back
regarding buying land in BC - we have since realized that we
definitely can't afford to buy land in BC or...
Great News! Backwoods Home Magazine will be back in print!
I just got an e-mail from Dave Duffy, the publisher of BHM saying his son, Sam, will be re-launching the print edition of the magazine. It will be the same as before with all...
Sorry for not blogging
After a lengthy downhill slide, Mom passed away Friday morning, at the nursing home, in her sleep. We had known it was coming as she had been failing quickly, so my sisters and I...