Q and A: saving pumpkin seeds, burning garden debris, and runny egg whites
Saving pumpkin seeds
I would like to save seeds from Amish Pie Pumpkins we plan to grow this summer. I bought a packet this year (at a big box hardware store) and it has...
Just when things are going great …
Will has been using all his spare time to push out encroaching brush in one of the neighbor's hayfields that we rent. Some of the previous folks who cut hay on the field slowly...
Q and A: training a heifer to milk, powdery mildew, and ordering seeds
Training a heifer to milk
We have a Jersey heifer that calved about three weeks ago. I am having a terrible time milking her. She was so gentle that I free milk her, with only...
We had a merry Christmas
On Saturday, my sister, Sue, and nephew, Sean, came up for Christmas as Sean had to work Sunday. David and Sean got to target shoot in the gravel pit and we had a nice...
Rain, rain, and more rain
We've been dashing around in between raindrops trying to get fall stuff accomplished. No fun when it's in the forties and raining continually. (Will says "welcome to Washington" as it's what he hated when...