Our weather feels like fall now
And I have a beaver report. The beavers in our pond say we'll have a pretty "normal" winter with plenty of cold and snow, although not as bad as last winter. We'll see how...
I found Prairie Magic apples!
I've been looking online and calling around but when I had to go to Virginia (MN), a little voice whispered in my ear "try Vern's Greenhouse," a greenhouse only a few blocks off of...
Q and A: cover cropping and making soap
Cover cropping
Most of my vegetables are growing in 4x10 foot raised beds. I have been reading about the benefits of cover cropping after harvest and over winter and would like to know if this...
All those great plans
You know, I planned on planting my first pepper seeds last Friday. Well, that didn't happen. I'll tell you why. We've been having a spell of very cold weather, with the daytime temperature reaching...
It comes every year, but it always hurts
The FREEZE. Last week we not only had a frost, which we prepared for by covering all crops we could with plastic tarps, but it FROZE. At temperatures down to 27 degrees, plastic is...