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...
Time to tuck in tomatoes
No, not into bed. Around this time of the year, we have to walk through the hundreds of tomatoes, planted this year in the...
Our orchard is looking good
Two years ago, we planted several Hansen's bush cherries. I'd seen pictures, but know the pictures weren't of Hansen's bush cherries, so I never...
Q and A: what to grow in a shady area and storing canned goods...
What to grow in a shady area
Our homestead is very small, and in a biggish city, Youngstown, OH. We bought a fixer-upper here about...
We’ve got a frost warning for Friday night
Holy cow, from the eighties down to 33 degrees F, forecast for Friday night/Saturday morning. It's been a very challenging summer for the gardens...