Did you see the total lunar eclipse Wednesday?
Okay, so my photo leaves something to be desired. I was excited and obviously I wasn't too steady for the long exposure. But WOW! There was a bell-clear sky and a huge, nearly full...
The garden is going in!
I tilled the entire garden a couple of weeks ago, to work in the rotted manure Will dumped on it last fall. Then a week ago, I did it again. It's amazing how nice...
Q and A: Tomatoes not ripening and first time pressure canner
Tomatoes not ripening
My tomatoes are bearing well but are not ripening. Good vegetation, the ones that have ripened appear healthy, loads hanging on the vines green as grass. It's October! Is there anything to...
The cows got into our pumpkin/corn patch
Yesterday Will was bulldozing the horse manure in the horse pasture where we feed round bales all winter up into a compost pile. He noticed that the cows seemed to be too far north...
Q and A: canning chicken and peppers for chile powder
Canning chicken
I noticed in the recent issue of BHM an article about canning chicken, both raw and cooked. In the raw method, the author suggested filling the jar with chicken then adding broth to...