Q and A: Harvesting grapes, Tattler lids, and Choosing a garden location
Harvesting grapes
Do I need to wait until after the first frost to pick grapes? This year my grape vines are loaded. I've tasted a few and they are semi-sweet, but still somewhat tart. They...
Rain, rain, go away; little Jackie wants to play
Yep, it's raining again. (At least our orchard, grapes, and berry patch will go into the winter well-watered!) Luckily, we have our front porch. I've started shelling our corn varieties, having gotten the Painted...
Q and A: drying corn and canning hamburger
Drying corn
Hi Jackie, know you're busy as a bee. We planted some Country Gentleman corn to save mostly for seed in case of emergency. Planted about 3 weeks later than our regular sweet corn,...
Talk about rushing around!
Holy cow, it seems like every day is busier than the last. We've even had some friends out to help with the harvest, but it seems like there just aren't enough hours in a...
We finally finished our new pasture fence
Two days ago, we finished our new pasture fence and moved our very large steers from the goat pasture over to their new summer home. I was a little nervous, as cattle sometimes get...