Q and A: wheat bran flakes and cold-hardy grape vines
Wheat bran flakes
I think my wheat bran flakes are off ... rancid maybe, but I wouldn't know for sure. It smells different, not pleasant,...
We’re already getting ready for next winter
While I was busy inside wrapping Christmas packages, writing Christmas cards, baking goodies, and making Holiday fudge, Will was busy down in the woods....
We’re really enjoying warmer weather
Will's been out twice more, cutting and hauling that great dead black ash firewood from the edge of our big beaver pond. The snow's...
Q and A: Squash bug control, Air bubbles in canned foods, and Dividing rhubarb
Squash Bug control
I have more plants than I can efficiently hand-patrol apparently. Everyday I search and eliminate the eggs but every year it seems...
New chickens on the homestead get a new coop
We had unexpected new chickens. My oldest son, Bill, called to say that his father-in-law had 12 heavy laying hens that he was given...