I hope to see many of you at the Self Reliance Expo in Irving,...
I'm madly trying to get ready to leave for four days and this is a bad time to do that with all the planting I'm supposed to be doing. But, heck, it'll get done...
Did you see the red full moon?
Because of the smoke from the western fires, both our sun and moon have been red. It was sure stunning when the full moon came up. I couldn't resist a photo.
Our Dragon Tongue beans...
Canning has started
Sure, all year I can up food. But in the summer, we really get down to business! Our first crop of hot peppers is in, along with a few sweet peppers, too. Yesterday I...
Q and A: Bill bean tomatoes and Will’s sprinkler
Bill Bean tomatoes
We are growing the tomato plants that you sent us seeds for last winter. I believe they are called Bill Bean tomatoes, and that the original seeds came to America in someone's...
We’re planning for spring gardens
But last night, it was -40° F! That surprised us, as we'd been expecting (via the weather forecast) temps in the -20s. Boy, did the house ever snap and creak! All houses do that...