QandA: Canning potato soup, Building up poor soil, and Congrats
Canning potato soup
Potato soup, can I put potatoes, onions, and celery in a quart jar and can it all together for 40 minutes? In your book it says 30 minutes for pint or half...
We got a frost but the sun is out and the birds are singing
A couple of nights ago, we finally got a fairly light frost. It was spotty for us; some gardens got hammered, others not at all and still others, some plants were affected, and others...
Will’s back in the saddle again
After a week of worrying and a trip to the ER on Sunday (of course!), Will's finally pain free and working (a bit lightly, for him) on the farm. He repaired the drive shaft...
We barely missed a tornado and hail last night
We were pretty nervous last night when we received a tornado warning. One tornado was spotted on the ground to the northwest of us and another picked up on radar out of a severe...
Just when things are going great …
Will has been using all his spare time to push out encroaching brush in one of the neighbor's hayfields that we rent. Some of the previous folks who cut hay on the field slowly...