With snow in the forecast, we’re going double-time
Besides daily chores, Will and I have been sawing logs with our Hud-Son bandsaw mill, edging boards on the hybrid gasoline-driven table saw and stacking them with stickers in between to allow airflow until...
We had a work day at Bill and Kelly’s house
My son Bill and his wife Kelly had talked for a few years about building a flower bed along the front of their house. And in the last two years, the talk had gotten...
It’s been a different week
I've been busy cleaning out my raspberry-choked flower beds in the front yard, getting ready to renew them. Around here, wild raspberries are among the worst of weeds, spreading by underground rhizomes, popping up...
Finally, our cold weather has passed
For the last few days, the nighttime lows have been barely above zero and the daytime highs not reaching thirty, and with a strong wind. Brrr! While I'm trying to water the seedlings that...
Q and A: Painted Mountain corn and canning grape juice
Painted Mountain corn
We can grow Painted Mountain corn in our short growing season here, too. It's one of the only breeds of corn I can dependably grow here every summer. The animals like it...