It’s still hot and dry at the homestead
We've been planting like crazy every single day, from morning until dark. I got in dozens of 100-foot rows of beans, both pole and bush, quite a few rows of squash, about a half-acre...
With dry weather, we’re getting lots done
All of our vegetable seeds that get planted inside have been planted. Now, we're busy outside. Yesterday, Will tilled the Main Garden with the little Kubota. As there are tight areas, you have to...
We’ve hit the big gardens full force
We got some warm, dry days and we're really at it now. Will tried out the new-to-us manure spreader and I watched as he made his first pass in the Wolf Garden. We have...
You know it’s getting dicey when the mainstream press is forecasting food shortages
I'm amazed to see all the posts on the internet regarding coming food shortages. Of course, we saw that definite possibility with all the weird weather, worldwide, plus the tariffs etc. Yes, we've been...
It’s canning time around here
Boy oh boy, is it! Because we have so much meat from the two steers we had butchered (folks who got a half are on vacation and we have lots of extra ground beef...