Canning, canning, canning — ain’t it great?
With our heat and plenty of water from our spring basin irrigation system, everything is going great guns. I'll be canning green beans this evening and should be picking cucumbers tomorrow. It's all I...
Yep, we’re still harvesting
Despite the freeze, we're still in full harvest mode. It didn't get cold enough to hurt our pumpkins, as they had lots of vine cover. It has warmed up quite a bit, so we...
First hard frost and then snow
Winter's quickly approaching! First we had a terrific freeze (down to 20 degrees) with a hard frost. The frost was pretty, as it made beautiful patterns on our truck and lawn. But right on...
The beetles are here
No, not the Beatles. These are Blister beetles, and they are eating the tar out of our potato vines! I first saw them when I walked the two 100-foot rows the day before yesterday.
These...
We’re just about done planting
With a few open spots in the Wolf garden, I've planted a few snap beans like Strike and Dragon Tongue. Not for seed saving as it's too late to harvest dry seed beans, but...