Looks like we’re about done with rain
From having daily, and often torrential rain, the gremlins have switched the light switch to drought. And, with it, we're getting a lot of hot days (for us, you southern gardeners!). We're spending hours...
The wild fruits look great this year…so far
We have more blooms on all of our wild fruits this spring than we ever had before. The pin cherries, wild plums, strawberries, chokecherries, Juneberries, and, of course, the star of the north woods,...
Q and A: insects eating ground cherry leaves, Stanley plums, and butchering chickens
Insects eating ground cherry leaves
What is eating my Ground Cherry leaves? I planted a few ground cherries this year after reading some of your posts about them. I had never tried them before,...
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...
Q&A: Pheasant eggs, Homesteading with aches and pains, and Protecting cabbage from worms
Pheasant eggs
Would you eat pheasant eggs? I have some little ones and was wondering when they grow up if we could eat the eggs.
Sherry
Sure. pheasant eggs taste just like chicken eggs, so there's...