The clutch went out on our new big Oliver tractor
Yesterday Will was hauling manure out onto our new pasture on the new forty acres and after seven loads, the clutch started acting up. Will just got it back up to the house when...
Our tilling has started
Because we currently have three tractors torn apart, waiting for cash to buy parts, we haven't been able to get started tilling the gardens as early as we'd like. So when I got home...
The first batches of tomatoes are in
I spent two days planting dozens of varieties of tomatoes in peat pellets. This year, because of our little seed business (which has been very encouraging), we are going to plant more than 30...
Q and A: Preserving juice, growing tomatoes, and preserving by confiting
Preserving juice
What would be the best way to preserve juice in wine/sparkling cider bottles? I've been a winemaker for several years, and would like to be able to make non-alcoholic juices to share with...
We escaped the frost!
But I'm sure there is more frost to come. We shut up our big hoop house, still full of peppers and pole beans and said prayers. And they worked! When we woke up it...