The potatoes and onions are doing very well in storage

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Generally, our potatoes and onions are looking a little tired by the end of March. You know--sprouts, wrinkles, softening. The whole ball of wax....

Our fruit, both tame and wild is … well … running wild

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We are so tickled that we are getting plenty of fruit this summer. I've been making pin cherry jelly from our wild pin cherries....

Q and A: Canning pesto, Monster spaghetti squash, and Hopi Pale Grey squash

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Canning pesto  I'd like to can pesto but I've only read admonitions not to can it. I know you've said that you can can it,...

By being neighborly, we get help with our storage building

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For three years now, my 18 year old son, David, has been helping our 80+ year old neighbor, Jerry Yourczek, make hay. He's learned...

You’re so lucky to have a son who works so hard!

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 Fortunate, for sure.  Lucky?  Maybe.  Or maybe it's just that he's always been with his dad and I, wanting to "help" with whatever we...