We’re working like mad to get ahead of oncoming cold weather

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We have a few warm days but the long-term forecast is for increasing cold and snow. So we've been working like beavers, canning, cutting...

Fall is here for sure

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Our temperatures are starting to drop and our fall rains are kicking in periodically. It was supposed to rain today, so I set out...

Haying season is heavily upon us

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Now that the rains have finally come and gone, the forecast is for a week of warm, sunny weather. So Will is busy cutting...

I hope everyone had a great Independence Day

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After all, independence is what all of us self-reliant people are striving towards and that historical date hastened us down our paths, centuries ago....

Q and A: saving squash seeds and canning on a glass-top range

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Saving squash seeds Seeds arrived this week. Thanks so much. I have been growing Hopi from Baker Creek. If these are different I will know....