I was whining about rain? Okay, now we have four inches of snow!
Wow, is winter hitting us early this year. A little over a week ago we got dumped on by 4 inches of heavy wet snow. Then rain, rain, and more rain. But we heard...
Q and A: planting cole crops and blight resistant tomatoes
Planting cole crops
For several years I have tried my hand at planting cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts from seeds purchased from Baker Creek. Every year the plants are very small and most never...
Even more rain and the gardens are growing
I was surprised, nearly shocked, today when I went out to the Main garden to check things out when I discovered King of the Early bush beans seven inches long already. Wow! Even the...
We got the new used transfer case and it was the wrong one!
Will found a used transfer case for our Ford plow truck, which had blown one at a salvage yard in Duluth. As it is 80 miles to Duluth from our homestead, he had them...
Drying herbs
As I am still canning tomatoes, in one form or another, I'm still really busy because I don't want them to rot. But at the same time, fall is lengthening, and I simply HAD...