Weeds, weeds, and more weeds
Any of you who think we have a "perfect" bunch of huge gardens, let me correct your guess. Oh, sure, our main garden, which has been around for many years, is weed free and...
Q and A: protecting fruit trees from frost, cloudy jelly, and canning collard greens
Protecting fruit trees from frost
I'm thinking about putting in a couple of apple trees and was wondering how you protect your fruit trees from the spring frosts. Here in eastern Washington, the orchardists use...
I canned up the first batch of asparagus yesterday
I'd planned on canning asparagus for a couple of days then got busy, bringing in all the flats of plants off of the back deck. The forecast for the night was a frost warning...
We finally got a little rain
We were very dry — some seeds planted two weeks ago haven't even sprouted in gardens where watering is very difficult, and we aren't doing it yet. So, you can imagine how elated we...
We have 6 new baby goats and a new spring catchment basin
During the past 2 weeks, we've had three sets of twins, including 3 bucklings and 3 doelings to go along with our new baby donkey. Everybody is healthy and growing like weeds. It's so...