We wish all of you a very Happy New Year!
The time seems to be flying by. This Sunday, we had our second Christmas Dinner. I woke up in the morning to get the ham baking and looked outside. Oh oh! Lots of snow...
Q and A: Keeping stored foods cool, Canning sweet corn, Drying yellow squash, and...
Keeping stored foods cool, Canning sweet corn, Drying yellow squash
We’re finally fixing to build a large pantry in our closed-in garage and we will be insulating with styrofoam. Hubby thought that maybe venting it...
Waste not, want not
This was one of Dad's favorite sayings, one we use often today. I made a tasty baked chicken with wild rice stuffing along with a big stir fry. We ate and ate, but there...
Q and A: Bill bean tomatoes and Will’s sprinkler
Bill Bean tomatoes
We are growing the tomato plants that you sent us seeds for last winter. I believe they are called Bill Bean tomatoes, and that the original seeds came to America in someone's...
The horse pasture gets a renovation
You'll remember that last fall when Will was here for a two week visit, he took our bulldozer and rough-cleared 2/3 of our horse pasture (which had been young poplar woods before that). During...