Monthly Archives: June 2014
We’re racing to get finished planting before the next wave of...
Will tilled the old pig pen with our Troy-Bilt and we planted our open pollinated Seneca Sunrise sweet corn, which Will has bred from...
Although our attendance was low, we had a wonderful seminar
With only seven people attending our spring seminar here at our homestead this past weekend, we had a great time. We had folks from...
Q and A: Extracting juice from fruit
Extracting juice from fruit
It is Spring in Minnesota, finally! I am happy to see the flowers blooming on our black-cap and red raspberries. We...
With the heat and the rain, boy, do we have bugs!
We've never had many mosquitoes here but this year I think everyone in Minnesota is complaining about them, us included. So we're fighting back!...
Q and A: digging hen and saving strawberry plants for next...
Digging hen
I have let a broody hen hatch her eggs. I have her and her 5 chicks in a separate coop away from the...