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Wow the weather has really been changing this week!  Sunday it was soooo nice!  It warmed up to about 2C and the kids had a wonderful time playing at the park.  But it was not to last.  By noon on Monday we were under a flash freeze warning.  The wind was so strong you could almost feel the house shaking with the wind gusts.  And drop the temperatures sure did.  It was about -14C last night.  Burr what a change.  But if they are right it will start warming back up tomorrow.  Just about all week they are calling for above 0 temps and freezing rain/rain.  I wonder if we will really have a early spring again this year…

What is it like in your area?

As for signs of an early spring here, our potatoes have been starting to sprout in the cellar.  Also our cats started shedding their winter coats about 3 weeks ago.  Maybe they know something we don’t?

Not to much else going on here right now.  I’m finally over that nasty virus that seemed to drag on all fall and winter. Just a bit of a cold left.  My back is doing much better now to.  I put it out 3 or 4 weeks ago and it’s been on and off with back pain since then.  But the last few days have been pretty good.  I think I’m out of the woods with that. Whoohoo!

Right now I’m working on getting caught up on so many things.  I’m sorting and purging and starting early spring cleaning. What’s happening on your homestead?

 

A few months ago we added a forum to our site.  I had chosen Ning as the host.  Well as many people may have heard Ning decided to shut down all of the free networks this summer.  After looking over their options, I wasn’t happy with the pricing compared to features/service.


So I’ve moved our  network back to our main website!  It was a lot of work to build, but I love it and I hope you will to!


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We are starting to can our bean crop. This is so easy to do!

Simply wash your beans, trim the ends off. Then cut or break into pieces about an inch long.
Fill the jars leaving 1 inch head space.
Add 1/2 tsp salt per pint, 1 tsp salt per quart. The salt is optional but does help to keep the color and taste.
Fill the jars with boiling water, leaving an inch of head space.
Wipe rims, add lids.
Pressure can pints for 20 min, quarts for 25 min.

 

Some helpful tips and trick on how to cut and split your own firewood.

 

 

Is gold and silver a safe haven or dead weight?  Some discussion on the mater open to suggestion and debate.

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