While we keep getting ready for winter, my satellite service is disrupted
We are doing the normal getting ready for winter stuff; splitting firewood, canning, weatherizing the buildings and everything's going nicely. Everything except for three half-bushels of peaches I bought "cheap" because the market owner...
Today was cooler so I made an apple pie
Watching our orchard apples ripening, I got so hungry for an apple pie that I decided to take a few minutes and make one. None of ours were ripe yet so I grabbed five...
Q and A: pressure canner or cooker and thick preserves
Pressure canner or cooker
We bought an electric pressure cooker/canner (Power) with the understanding we could use it for canning vegetables. Now online we are being told not to use it. Please help us...
I’m all set to start planting our first pepper seeds
This year, I've ordered a bunch of unique and rare hot peppers. Some are habaneros and others are South American hot peppers. All are exceptionally beautiful and really different. But, as they take longer...
Q and A: planting early trees and saving tomato seeds
Planting early trees
I was excited to get the e-mail that my new Apple Trees will be shipping this week until I realized that there is no way all of our snow will be gone...