Will wins the beaver war!

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After weeks of persistence, and tearing out several inches of the beaver dam at least twice a day, and tearing out several inches of re-built dam, Will has gotten the water level in the...

Q and A: lettuce, beans, peas, onions, and garlic and canning curried goat

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Lettuce, beans, peas, onions, and garlic Does leaf lettuce and stinging nettle cross pollinate? I found both red and green leaf lettuce with stickers on the back of the leaves today. One is starting to...

QandA: Planting potatoes, Gnat invasion, and New to pressure canning

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Planting potatoes I was told by an elderly neighbor that I can not plant my tomatoes in the same place that I had potatoes last year. The potatoes did fine, no blight or problems last...

We’re into harvest time

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You wait all year, dreaming, planning, planting, weeding, and finally it arrives — harvest time. Holy cow, where do you start? I'm done with snap beans as I've totally run out of room to...

Our family Christmas get together happened Sunday

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We had quite a Christmas snow storm. We missed most of it up here, but further south, where my sister Sue and son Bill and his family live, the snow stacked up pretty high...