Due to the cold spring, we’re behind in planting
Behind, but daily getting more planted. We now have all of our tomatoes in the ground! Yea! Not all of them are mulched, staked, and caged, however. But we're slowly getting there — while...
Despite frost advisories, we’ve started planting in earnest
We'd planned on getting started yesterday but Will came in from checking the cows saying we had a new bull calf. Sarge had found him, lying in the edge of the woods while the...
Will is starting to cut hay today
With the Oliver out of commission for the time being, it looks like we'll be putting up square bales for a while. And as the hay is just right, Will didn't want to wait...
Q and A: canning salsa and yellow leaves on tomato plants
Canning salsa
I want to can my own salsa recipe. I don't like the addition of vinegar in my salsa. Can I just use my recipe and pressure can it? If so, how long?
Also, on...
I’m still planting seeds
You'd think, after planting seeds since last month, I'd eventually get done. Right? Not so! I've been planting squash, pumpkin, muskmelon, watermelon, and today my brassicas, the cabbage family. A friend works at our...