There’s snow on the ground this morning
Boy, am I ever glad we dug carrots yesterday! They were frozen in the ground so I was hesitant as to their quality. After all, this is the very latest I've ever dug carrots....
Q and A: Canning bacon and Growing asparagus
Canning bacon
Is there a safe way to can bacon in glass mason jars? The commercial raw bacon I have bought in the past is thin, and packed in fat. Perhaps all of the fat...
Yep, it’s still raining
But luckily, we had a fairly nice day on Saturday when son, Bill, and his family came up for a visit. He and Mason had gone to the recycling center to leave off some...
Hopi Pale Grey squash, Jalepeño jelly, and Canning meat
Hopi Pale Grey squash
How do you get your Hopi Pale Grey squash to ripen in your climate? I am south of Detroit and last year they barely made it. I planted them in mid-June....
Between raindrops, Will gets the tiller fixed
We've been having a real rainy mid-May with flash flood warnings on the weather radio nearly every day. Luckily when we picked out our homestead land it was on high ground with absolutely no...