QandA: Planting potatoes, Gnat invasion, and New to pressure canning
Planting potatoes
I was told by an elderly neighbor that I can not plant my tomatoes in the same place that I had potatoes last year. The potatoes did fine, no blight or problems last...
Our cover crops are doing great!
We planted cover crops in the orchard (wheat, a small strip of oats and alfalfa) and peas in the future strawberry bed in the new house garden. We did this to help...
We hosted a local homeschooling group last Saturday
A homeschooling friend asked if their group could come out and tour our homestead on Saturday. Always happy to encourage new homesteaders, especially kids, we said YES!
Boy, was that fun! We had a yard...
Spring is here and Will is grading our spring basin
Our little tiny spring has been enlarged and deepened three times. It turned out so well, supplying all of our irrigation water for the orchard, berry patch, and garden that we are going to...
Q and A: canning chicken in half-pints, rubber gaskets on canners, fat for soap,...
Canning chicken in half-pints
In your segment on canning chicken in Self Reliance you mention that you have canned half pint jars of chicken. I would like to do that, but you never mention how...