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: 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 all the way, I forgot the jars in the canner...

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, so we're tickled. Will ate half and I ate half....

Transplanting tomato plants, hauling wood

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The last few days have been busy ones.  I've been transplanting dozens and dozens of tiny tomato plants into styrofoam cups and deep six packs.  I fill the container, mark the variety on the...

Test post 1

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being shed in liberal-controlled newsrooms that maintenance crews are having difficulty mopping them up before they seep down to the basement and soak the rolls of newsprint. What I find hilarious is that...