Finally, our rains have begun
After two months of drought, we are getting periodic rains. Whew, it sure was dry! In the North garden (where we can't water) the ground was cracked like Death Valley. Yep, crops out there...
We’re working like mad to get ahead of oncoming cold weather
We have a few warm days but the long-term forecast is for increasing cold and snow. So we've been working like beavers, canning, cutting and splitting the last big batch of firewood, hauling manure,...
Q and A: Processing elderberries and Dry ice storage
Processing elderberries
I saw in Issue #102 a question about "green sticky residue" left by processing elderberries and how to remove it. This is the resin of the plant. We thought we were going to...
The corn that nearly froze is getting ripe!
Remember that big 29 degree freeze we had that I had to run sprinklers in the icy garden to save the vegetables? Well, the first of that corn is ripe. Yes, the plants got...
The new horse pasture turned out great
I just thought I'd show you how wonderful our new horse pasture turned out. You'll remember how a year ago that 10 acres was just a bunch of straggly poplar trees. Will cleared it...