Our weather’s been perfect although dry
It seems like our beavers' forecast is coming true. We haven't had a speck of rain for 10 days. But we're not complaining. We've been getting a lot of hay up after such a...
We were up early this morning
Not because we're all that ambitious but because it was going to be 90 degrees today. We sure don't want to work hard when it gets that hot. But since we've got rain coming...
Q and A: canning with hominy and winter weather
Canning with hominy
I want to can pork posole using raw hominy. Do you have any comments on using the raw hominy? I do not want mushy hominy.
Myra in Arizona
Hominy cans up great. I've...
We had a very quiet Christmas
Due to a big ice/sleet storm which deposited ½ inch of ice in some locations and more than two inches of sleet at our house, only our son, David, his girlfriend, Ashley, and Javid...
Our beautiful fall weather will come to an end with frost
We're supposed to get frost and possibly snow flurries tonight through Saturday evening, and we've still got veggies in the gardens. I've been picking beans and corn for weeks and now we've switched into...