Sunshine, carrots, and Cowboy Candy!

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Yea, sunshine! (And the snow went away too.) We're back at it in full force. Although it was cloudy and rainy, the snow went away and today we're seeing some sun too. Tomorrow and Friday...

Three days of rain

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After several days of dry, sunny weather, we got socked in with three days of rain, some of it hard rain. Today, we woke up to fog as it's supposed to warm up and...

Got compost?

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While most homesteaders have a compost pile, we have several. And some are pretty BIG! All winter we feed our horses and cattle big round bales of hay. For years we scattered the bales...

Q&A: Transplanting tomatoes & Trimming tough hooves

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Transplanting tomatoes I tried transplanting tomato plants last year with little success. What vegetable plants transplant from indoor starts well and is there something I should have done to the tomatoes to help them adjust...

Q and A: growing cucumbers and thickening tomato sauce

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Growing cucumbers Why do the edges of the leaves on my cucumber plants turn yellow? Loretta Howard Plymouth, Indiana Usually when that happens, either the plants aren't getting enough water during hot spells or you are watering with...