We got our first good freeze, and boy are we harvesting!
Despite falling off our barn roof, we still got a great, productive (although very weedy!) garden this year. Our plants outdid themselves. Before the freeze, we'd already harvested and put up about four bushels...
We needed a bridge…and found an old mobile home
Our land is a rectangular 80 acres of woods. Unfortunately, about 35 acres of that is across a creek, dotted with beaver ponds. The only way you can access it is by bulldozer or...
Q and A: tomato leaves turning white and adding calcium to tomato plants
Tomato leaves turning white
About a week ago I set out my 50 tomato plants. By the next day the leaves were turning white and falling off. (Same with the peppers.) I'm assuming it's from...
Getting back to “normal” after my trip
My head's kind of spinning after our road trip to Montana. But I have to laugh. Most people pick up souvenirs like mugs or plates from their trips. I brought home a flat rock...
Q and A: making corn meal and growing Hopi Pale Grey Squash
Making corn meal
My question is regarding homemade corn meal. We have a hand crank corn sheller and it works great. We also have a grist mill, and it makes corn meal just fine. The...