We have a really cool spruce burl log

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For those of you who don't know what the heck that is, here's the dope: A log with burls has all these lumps and bumps running down the whole tree trunk, usually caused by...

The wild fruits look great this year…so far

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We have more blooms on all of our wild fruits this spring than we ever had before. The pin cherries, wild plums, strawberries, chokecherries, Juneberries, and, of course, the star of the north woods,...

Q and A: Southern blight and Elderberry pie

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Southern blight I just wanted to give you an update on the tomato plants that I grew from your seeds. All of them germinated and grew nicely until our wet summer has given my garden...

Watch out; there’s a canning lid shortage!

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My friend, Dara, called me the other day saying she had been in the stores and there were no canning jar lids. I asked her what stores she'd checked in and, as I was...

Heirloom Seeds now available

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JACKIE AND WILL'S 2014 SEEDS The list of seeds we have for sale this year is ready. We only listed seeds that we grow and love. Some of them are very rare and thus in...