Equipment jars regular mouth wide mouth quarts pints half-pints larger sizes lids don’t reuse warm in hot tap water reusable rings (both sides) lifter funnel bubble magnet tool tool kit water bath canner pressure canner Process temperature stack jars process times process pressures Storage LABLE rings off dark cool boxes […]
Farm Life
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When I last posted, we were ripping the front off of our house. That was, ahem, a year and a half ago. The home project snowballed, and snowballed, and then it avalanched. It was very overwhelming. In fact, it took about four months to complete. We went from this: To […]
After promises of a series on home canning and being featured on two separate and important blog hops/linkey parties in one week, why is there suddenly radio-silence (or internet-silence) from the Funny Farm? We’ve been dealing with some decidedly ‘un-funny’ problems. First, we had a sudden water leak that insurance […]
One of the facets of our ‘off the beaten path’ life that catches attention is home canning. Questions about canning come from different groups. Old-school canners want to swap war stories and recipes. Folks, who’ve made pickles or jam, want reassurance and information before venturing into pressure canning. Many who’ve […]
The grinning sheep is Number 29. She was a lot like Dory from Finding Nemo in sheep form. I mean, she was sweet and game for adventure, just not quite up to normal sheepy standards. If you haven’t encountered Number 29, the tale of her meeting Finnbar the Bum-Biting Horse […]
Before we begin, I wish to point out that, ALL MY DUCKS ARE IN A ROW! Okay, that loud noise is my family and friends howling with laughter. My life tends more toward that meme that says, “I don’t have ducks. I have squirrels, and they’re drunk”. Nevertheless, for this […]
We raise a small flock of St. Croix sheep. I’ll do a proper post about the breed later, but today I want to talk about Number 29. Number 29 was one of the first sheep we bought. We lost her to an injury a couple of years ago, but tales […]
My kids are a little weird. Okay, maybe more than a little. And…maybe there is something to the theory of genetics. After all, that weirdness comes from their daddy’s side. Alright! Fine! We’re all weird odd strange doolally pleasantly eccentric. Yes, that’s it eccentric, and pleasantly so. I was confronted […]
I think we’ve established that I don’t wake up ready to conquer the world. In fact, I wake stumbling, staring, and ready to sip tea…quietly. Often, I take my first cup to the porch. The view is great and apart from the animals, mornings are quiet. Honestly, I’ll take roosters […]