Well folks, I got my new computer

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Praise God! It actually works. And our friend Sherri was here today along with Dara and Mike. Now I'm dumber than a box of rocks about computers. But Sherri is great. Not only did...

Our tomatoes are ripening quickly now

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Today I'm cooking down the tomato purée I made by whizzing my leftover tomatoes — after saving their seeds — in the Ninja blender. I usually use my electric meat grinder to grind tomatoes...

I think we’re done planting

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Finally. Well, kind of. I still want to plant some sunflowers and more cucumbers when Will hauls out a couple more trellises for Suyo Long cucumbers to climb on. I like my cucumbers straight...

We all had a very happy Mother’s Day

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As in our past, which has now become a family tradition, we spent the morning of Mother's Day at Byrnes Greenhouse in Zim, Minnesota. We meet up and visit while picking out a cartload...

Q and A: insects eating ground cherry leaves, Stanley plums, and butchering chickens

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Insects eating ground cherry leaves What is eating my Ground Cherry leaves? I planted a few ground cherries this year after reading some of your posts about them. I had never tried them before,...