The harvest continues; this time it’s wild plums
This time of year, we're constantly busy harvesting and putting up not only the garden produce but our wild crops as well. Luckily we have many on our homestead and this year we've been...
We’re finally done haying
Will baled up the hay he cut down on our steer pasture below the goat pasture. And out of that used-to-be-swampy, brushy patch of ground, we got 50 square bales of beautiful birdsfoot trefoil...
I think I’m finally done planting indoors
Whew! I keep thinking I'm done, then I plant more. I can't seem to help myself, considering the prices at the grocery stores for sub-prime foods. Today, I planted another flat of lettuce and...
Q and A: usefulness of a donkey and planting Brussels sprouts in an asparagus...
Usefulness of a donkey
I currently own a horse and I keep him at a stable not far from where I live. The owners of the stable have offered to give me a donkey (a...
Q and A: making pickles, preserving squash, and growing squash
Making pickles
Do you have a recipe for making dill cucumbers with lemon juice instead of vinegar? It just sounds healthier, if it is possible.
Nancy Hoppe
Cinebar, Washington
You could use a substitution in your dill pickle...