You’re buying a what????
My Christmas/Birthday present to me is something I've wanted for a very long time. A Friesian. For those of you who aren't familiar with breeds of horses, a Friesian is a big,...
Digging out after the storm
After two days of plowing, moving snow, and plain old shoveling, we're pretty cleaned out after our snowstorm. And Will got our snow blower, which was still behind the storage barn, started and out...
Q and A: using dried apricots for jam, canning bacon, and canning ground beef
Using dried apricots for jam
I have a number of bags of dried apricots that I'd like to turn into jam. Should I rehydrate them, then chop and measure for my recipe? Tried just chopping...
We have a new baby
Wednesday, our half Jersey heifer, Surprise, had her baby -- a pretty heifer we are calling Fern because she's just the color of dead fern leaves. And we know because that night both she...
Q and A: sulfur in well water and baking cakes in jars
Sulfur in well water
We just bought a house in the country. We will be moving in around Christmas. Everything checks out OK, we had the inspection today, but the water stinks like sulfur. I...