I’m finally done planting inside
With the planting of the Glass Gem popcorn, which is a 110-day crop for us, indoors to get a good start on our all-to-short growing season, I'm finished planting seeds inside! What a relief....
Slowly, our snow is melting away
Today, for the first time, I was able to walk into the backyard and down toward the garden. Hooray! There was actually green grass after the snow had melted off. I checked my daylily...
We’ve finally got nearly everything harvested and inside
Whew! It's been freezing nearly every night so all the squash and pumpkins had to come inside. This year, we've put them all in the house. (Last year the cows got out and ate...
The sun’s shining and the birds are singing
Ok, ok, so we're due for another 8 inches of snow tomorrow. It's today I'm talking about! And we're just so glad to see the sun. Even though it was -3 degrees F last...
Q and A: picking green beans and feeding bad food to chickens
Picking green beans
When picking beans, do you pick them with the stem attached or with the stem removed? I know when cleaning them I take them off. I just don't want to hurt my...