Spring is dragging its feet this year
It seems that this year, spring is dragging its feet. Or maybe we just got spoiled when it was 60 degrees a week or so ago? Each day brings another "fit and start." One...
Will got the hay in just before the rain
Will, Christian, and Eric worked in 90 degree heat to get a small field of very tall Reed canary grass baled into square bales. Rain was in the forecast (which has now hit in...
See! Even those black clouds have a silver lining!
Tonight, with rain threatening, this huge cloud bank boiled up in the west, just as the sun was setting. It reminded me once again that no matter how bleak and black things seem at...
Q and A: storing dehydrated foods and saving seeds
Storing dehydrated foods
I have many #10 cans of beans, rice, oatmeal, and many more of dehydrated foods. Will they survive storage in an unheated garage in Maine? (Yes, below zero in wintertime) I like...
Spring inside, but it’s still winter outside
Last night it was -26 degrees, clear and cold, cold. But the greenhouse stayed 55 degrees all night and this morning when I went out there for kindling for the wood stove, I noticed...