There’s another homesteader in our family!

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My daughter-in-law, Kelly (Bill's wife) had a tiny, very healthy baby boy. Right in the middle of a good old Minnesota blizzard! Bill kept me posted by cell phone from the...

Q and A: Sun chokes, canning pumpkin, and canning with lemon juice

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Sun Chokes Jackie you mentioned Sun Chokes. Do you have any recipes to share? I have not been able to find many on the internet. Rhona & Brad Barrie Strong, Maine I usually use sun chokes raw, sliced,...

Preparedness hit home today

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Two days ago, the weather radio that I turn on first thing each and every morning started warning us that a major winter storm was heading our way. It was kind of hard to...

I’m sorry I haven’t blogged lately

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We've been incredibly busy harvesting this last week. It's been raining hard — off and on — but we still have to get crops in before the first freeze hits. And looking at the...

Test post 2

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Over the past decade, livestock and poultry farms across the United States have been under siege by animal rights groups who use a certain tactic -- the shooting and release of undercover video --...