Q and A: Garden seeds and acorn bread
Garden seeds
I have a question about your garden seeds. I'm trying to have almost everything heirloom, but it's almost impossible isn't it if you don't want your squash, cucumbers and other plants to cross...
Q and A: potatoes with strange texture and canning catsup
Potatoes with strange texture
For the last two seasons, my purchased winter potatoes have had a strange texture and a pale brown mottled appearance in the flesh. The flesh which is brown and mottled will...
What a crazy week
With the warmer weather, we've stayed busy cutting and splitting wood, picking up things, and buying a new-to-us truck. Our old plow truck is pretty rusted out so we've quit licensing and insuring it,...
The summer with no summer
We are approaching the end of one of the coldest summers in recent Minnesota history. Friends who have lived here for 40 years cannot remember such a cold summer. Nighttime temperatures have struggled to...
Our weather feels like fall now
And I have a beaver report. The beavers in our pond say we'll have a pretty "normal" winter with plenty of cold and snow, although not as bad as last winter. We'll see how...