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I got the garden started. Planted onions, garlic, peas, and spinach. Plan on putting in some beets, potatoes, and lettuce this coming week. I also started my tomato plants indoors, and lots of...

Oh, almost forgot. I also refilled my stockpile of TP. Without this, nothing else really matters.

Trax- I haven't decided yet for sure. In my area I am pretty limited as far as wood choices at lumber yards. I will probably end up with pine and cedar, to keep the weight down. It only has to be...

This week I bottled the hard apple cider that has been fermenting, spec grav is 1.00 and it has a nice pungent aroma and a good flavor. I also ordered some extra ammo to have on hand. Tomorrow I...

nell- I have never tried to make pear jelly. This is the first time I have attempted pear butter. It took about twice as long to cook down as apples and I wound up with half as much. I think pears...

This week I canned about 16 pints of pears, and 8 pints of pear butter. I still have about a bushel of apples to do something with. I might try to dry them next week. My hard apple cider is done...