Q and A: watering in hoop houses, blackberry syrup, and oven canning
Watering in hoop houses and blackberry syrup
Since we've had two summers of extremely hot, dry weather, I think the hoop houses might be the new wave of garden success for us. How do you...
Despite rain and snow, the greenhouse gets built
Our friends, Mike and Dara, came yesterday to help out. While Dara and I packaged seeds, Mike and Will set about putting the polycarbonate on the remaining side of the new greenhouse. It went...
Did you ever have one of those days?
Yesterday was mine. Early in the morning, Will sent me to Hibbing, 30 miles away, to rent the 2-inch trash pump again. First off, he needed it to draw down the muddy ground water...
What a nice Mother’s Day!
Sunday, being Mothers Day, was extra nice. My sister, Sue, came up from Hermantown, near Duluth, and brought lunch. She also brought Mom flowers, which she loved. So we visited awhile. It had been...
Our homesteading seminar is this week
And we're still homesteading! Will FINALLY got our big round baler working again after first a blown hydraulic hose (with a fitting that only New Holland makes -- Will cut it off and retrofit...