Q and A: canning tomatoes, canning root vegetables, raised beds and converting a hayfield
Canning tomatoes
I am canning tomatoes. Of course it seems time consuming. This year, for one batch I have pureed the entire tomato (minus the core) in the food processor and then proceeded to canning...
The flower gardens are looking great…and so is our woodpile
Besides all the great improvements going on around here, the big garden, our new house garden and keeping busy taking care of Mom, I have had a few minutes to work in the flowers....and...
It’s called homesteading
While I'm busy watering gardens, picking and canning beans, Will is out "making hay while the sun shines." And boy-oh-boy have I been canning beans! Our Providers have sure outdone themselves providing food for...
Q and A: dwarf fruit trees and refrigerator pickles
Dwarf fruit trees
I want to plant some dwarf fruit trees and I can't find an Arkansas Nursery which sells dwarf trees that are good for the Arkansas Climate. Also could you help with a...
Q and A: more peppers and planting saved seeds
More peppers
I was reading in your blog this morning about the problem you are having with your peppers having too much plant and not enough fruit. I have found if you put three matches...