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...
Ladyhawk comes home
Well, today our friend and neighbor, Jerry Yourczeck, drove his truck and trailer down to my son, Bill's place with me, to pick up the Friesian filly I've been paying on all winter. I...
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 canning and canning pickled asparagus
Pressure canning
I was canning the other day in my pressure canner and after the processing time was done and the pressure had dropped all the way, I forgot the jars in the canner...
Lots and lots going on on the homestead
First and foremost, fall is upon us. I first noticed a maple tree with a red leafed branch a week ago. Then we had that nasty surprise freeze that about did us in. Now,...