So far, perfect summer
I can't believe how nice our summer has been so far and boy is the garden happy! Will is just finishing mulching the whole main garden, all 150x150 feet plus a side L of...
Harvest time is a busy time on our homestead
It seems that everything is coming ripe at the same time this year. Add our seed business, requiring hundreds of varieties of seeds which need harvesting and drying, and then the canning that goes...
The rhubarb is up!
Every spring, we search for the first little red rhubarb noses poking out of the soil above our rhubarb plants. And they're up! It's officially spring! It will be only a couple of weeks...
The sun’s out and the birds are singing
February is half over! Groundhog or not, we're thinking spring around here. Today it was nearly 40 degrees above with the sun out. What a nice day. So Will decided he'd set out a...
We’ve had a real wet spell
After so many nice sunny fall days, suddenly the rains are upon us. I finally got the last of the carrots canned up and, boy, do they look great in the jars. Yesterday I...