The Best Way to Plant Potatoes and Onions
Finally, gardening season has begun. The weather was at last dry enough for tilling up the dirt in our garden.…
Month: March 2019
Wild Violet Jam
I am crazy about finding uses for wild flowers and plants. I noticed the little purple violets all around our…
A Quick Guide to Raising Chicks
People, we have a problem at our house. In the springtime, if there are chicks for sale at our local…
Easy Soapmaking Tutorial (Cold Process Step-by-Step)
Want to know how to make soap, quickly, easily, and naturally? I am going to show you how step-by-step! This…
Raised Beds–Planted!
I was surprised when we made a trip to the hardware store this weekend, that my husband came out of…
Processing Pork: Butchering, Packaging, and Storing
Disclaimer: This post contains photos of the actual butchering process. Now that the hog is prepared for butchering, they lower…
Pork Chili
This recipe contains Use-It-All Stew meat from my previous post. If I was going to make a recipe for the…
Processing Pork Part Two: Preparing the Hog
Disclaimer: This post contains photos of the actual process of butchering meat. If you don’t want to see, just skip…
Earl “Junior” Adams: Well Done
The first time I met Earl, he greeted me with a big smile and said “I know who you are,…
Souse Meat
I first heard of souse meat when I was reading Aunt Arie, A Foxfire Portrait. The students/interviewers were visiting Aunt…