Q and A: pumpkins and canning chili and spaghetti sauce
Pumpkins
I have a question about my pumpkins. I grew a variety that the seed packet said could get up to 65 pounds. Mine turned...
All of a sudden, spring has sprung
From lows of -5 degrees F just a few nights ago, today's high is supposed to be in the low 60s! Holy cow, that's...
Q and A: making applesauce and tomato sauce, storing fresh carrots, using crabapples
Making applesauce and tomato sauce
Have you ever washed, cut, and cooked apples, put through juicer strainer with a large tea strainer on pan...
We are harvesting a bounty of carrots
As our nighttime temperatures are drifting into the very low twenties, I figured I'd better get at it and pull the remaining carrots and...
With less frequent rains and hot weather, we’re on the upswing
I'll swear we were having so much rain I felt like my toes were growing webs! Yuck. And rain makes tons of mosquitoes appear...