Q and A: Cooking turkey in a pressure cooker and planting fruit trees
Cooking turkey in a pressure cooker
I recently got a lot of frozen turkeys for Christmas and in our family we only care for the white meat. Rather than waste the dark I wanted to...
Spring is dragging its feet this year
It seems that this year, spring is dragging its feet. Or maybe we just got spoiled when it was 60 degrees a week or so ago? Each day brings another "fit and start." One...
We finally had our big freeze
Sunday night, it dropped down to 27 degrees F. A clear sky made it inevitable. Bummer! Luckily, we had already rushed around and gotten all of our frost-sensitive garden produce inside. Will took the...
Freeze warning!
Okay, we've been through a couple of frost warnings, but tonight the weather radio is calling for a freeze warning -- 30 degrees! EEeeeek! So all day we've been picking tomatoes. Buckets and baskets...
Q and A: mulching with straw and canning pureed zucchini
Mulching with straw and canning pureed zucchini
Your garden looks beautiful with the straw. We did the straw for the first time this year and were not satisfied at all. We put on about 6...