Q and A: when to harvest cabbage and conserving water
When to harvest cabbage
I'm growing cabbage this year for the first time. It's growing great, but I didn't think it was ready to be...
Q and A: canning posole and petunia seeds
Canning posole
Have you ever canned posole (or pozole)? I like it, especially when its cold outside, but you just can't make a small amount....
You know the old saying “It never rains but it pours”
That's just what's going on here on the homestead. Will worked on the broken-down Oliver tractor all day Saturday in the snow and got...
When it rains, it pours.
Or snows actually. Last night we were driving home from the store and it began snowing. Then it really snowed, so heavily we could...
Roses in the middle of a Minnesota winter?
Yep. You see, my son, David, got me three rose bushes for Mother's Day this year. Unfortunately, they were Zone 5 tea roses and...