Our new apprentice, Krystal, arrived

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We've got a summer apprentice homesteader, Krystal, who arrived yesterday from Georgia. She's anxious to learn what we can teach her for her own...

Has anyone else got weeds?

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Yep, we have plenty! With the rain, combined with the heat, the pigweed and lamb's quarter is going nuts in all six of our...

The good new is that I’m canning venison; the bad news is that David’s...

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I'm once again canning up a deer that my son, Bill, donated. It's lucky he did, too, as we didn't have much luck this...

Q and A: caterpillars on dill plants and Fairs and Expos in the midwest

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Caterpillars on dill plants Again I am requesting your experienced answer concerning our garden. I have planted a lot of dill for canning but two...

We still have 9 baby turkeys and we’re starting to roof the storage building

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Despite heavy, and frequent, rains, which often spell doom to baby turkeys, our mama turkey still has nine babies in our orchard. They're feathering...