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We’ve really been rushing around lately
The garden, which has been dinking around for weeks with nothing ripening, IS ripening all of a sudden. We’ve got quite a few ripe tomatoes now, chiefly our favorite, Moravsky Div, and Mia’s Italian Paste, both tasty and very early. … Read more
Another busy weekend for us
Saturday, we held our first Tomato Tasting Festival at the Orr Center, up in Orr, Minnesota. Friday, we picked and labeled more than 40 different varieties of tomato. Some were barely getting ripe so we really had to hunt for … Read more
We just got back from the Energy Fair this weekend in St. Paul
Will and I manned the BHM/Self-Reliance magazines’ booth at the MREA Fair in St. Paul. The attendance was modest since the show was new, but we did meet a lot of wonderful people, including some friends and fans from the … Read more
Whew! We’re done haying … again
Will helped out our neighbor, cutting a hayfield which hadn’t been cut for two years. It was matted with dead grass which made cutting it tough. But he got it done, then baled it up with our round baler as … Read more
The seminar’s over and we’re back at it
We had a great seminar this past weekend although only Friday was sunny; we had rain all day Saturday and Sunday. But we still had fun and covered everything we had planned on covering. My friend, Dara, cooked for us, … Read more