Keeping busy even when it’s cold
We haven't had a break from the Arctic cold and wind we've been having lately, with the lows in single digits and the highs in the low teens. Brrr. But we've still got lots...
Q and A: Canning meat and watering pigs
Canning meat
I'm getting brave enough to want to learn to start canning. When you talk of browning meat before canning, are you fully cooking the meat? And if you pour boiling water over it...
We’re happy to share our homestead, even with snakes
We have a large, fat garter snake hanging around which gives us a startle once in awhile. But we like having him around as he eats plenty of grasshoppers and other pests in the...
Q and A: sick chicken and jars not sealing
Sick chicken
One of our old Rhode Island Reds isn't able to get on her feet since yesterday. She never even made it in the coop last night. She ate some mealworms and had...
Springtime is fencing time!
Because of our extremely early spring, the frost has gone out early, and we're able to get at fencing VERY early. This time, it's finishing the fencing in the old horse pasture and building...