Rain, rain, rain, rain
Yep, we've had a rainy week! Cold and windy with rain. Not fun.
Will's working on building us a tub-style chicken plucker that I've dubbed Will's Chicken Tornado, built out of scraps of this and...
Will and I both have the flu
Two weeks ago, Ashley and David (like everyone we know) had the bug that's been going around; coughing, runny nose, aches and pains. Will and I thought we had escaped. But I was in...
Layout of new garden and Canning questions
Layout of new garden
My question concerns the layout of a new vegetable garden. There is a large, relatively flat area with full sun in which we want to start preparing wide beds for next...
Q and A: Italian tree tomatoes and Hopi Pale Grey squash
Italian tree tomatoes
I just now read your blog about the Italian tree tomatoes. They sound wonderful! This is one I have to try. We have had similar luck with Great White tomatoes -- huge...
We just got two more projects done before the heat hit
After hearing reports of intense heat and humidity coming our way, we quickly finished two projects. The first was flat-siding all of the support beams for the hayloft floor of the new barn-in-progress. It...