Q and A: baking bread and controlling bamboo
Baking bread
A reader recently asked you a question about the bread she bakes. She said that she gets a large pocket under the top crust, and that when she cuts the bread, the crust...
Finally, the rains came
After a period of prolonged drought, we are finally getting some rain. It's tough for some of our neighbors who still are haying but boy was the ground getting dry. Our poor corn/pumpkin patch...
We were all having a blizzard this morning, but boy the plants are sure...
Yep, I woke up to a full grown blizzard this morning! Snow was blowing straight sideways. I closed that one eye and turned over. Brrr. Bed looked oh so good right then. But David...
We’re working on cultivating and mulching our gardens
As our weather continues hot and mostly dry (despite a few rains we've been hugely thankful for) we are working daily at cultivating, now in the huge North and Wolf gardens, then mulching afterward....
After a week of rain and cold, the sun is shining
It sure makes one feel better when the sun comes out after a long period of rain! Yesterday I went out and pulled some nice rutabagas and began washing, peeling, and getting them ready...