It’s called homesteading
While I'm busy watering gardens, picking and canning beans, Will is out "making hay while the sun shines." And boy-oh-boy have I been canning beans! Our Providers have sure outdone themselves providing food for...
See you at the MREA Fair!
We worked like dogs today to get ready to drive down to Custer, Wisconsin, to the MREA Fair. We have a mama pig ready to farrow and no fence around the pig house that...
We had sad news
Our friend, Linda, who helped cook at our homestead seminars passed away recently and suddenly due to undiagnosed cancer. Her service brought tears to many of us who knew her and will certainly miss...
Q and A: Milkless cow, mites, keeping flour in the freezer
Milkless cow
I have a cow with a 3 week old calf. The poor thing is about to starve as the mama just doesn't have enough milk to feed it . The calf isn't going...
Q and A: Canning pea soup, cleaning chicken eggs, and hamburger rocks
Canning pea soup and cleaning chicken eggs
I have 2 questions:
#1. I just canned some green pea soup. I followed the directions on-line for canning dried beans. My beans ended up in the bottom of...