Q and A: growing gourds and drying Lima beans
Growing gourds
Do (can) you grow gourds up there in the Great White North? If so, what types? Is it possible to grow them in the Medford, Oregon area? I'd like to grow penguin gourds...
Q and A: salve for goats, bush scallop squash, and freezing weather
Salve for goats
I am making this salve. Is there anything in it that would hurt my goats?
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup dried comfrey
1/4 cup dried calendula
2 oz beeswax...
We’re madly harvesting tomato seeds
We've had really nice fall weather, sunny and warm. So to take advantage of it, I've been harvesting tomato seeds every day. Saturday, Will's step-mom and her friend Janann stopped by on their trip...
Boy, are we happy to see the sun!
And so are our goats! We just had two more "litters" of baby goats, twins from two does — two bucklings and two doelings. They must not have wanted to wait and see if...
Holy cow are we rushing around lately!
We saw, on our weather forecast, for Friday night and possibly Saturday night, temperatures in the low 30's F. Of course, we usually have temperatures of 5 degrees lower than they forecast, so we're...