No rain, so we’re starting to irrigate
With most of our crops planted, we're starting to mulch like mad. Heather, our part-time apprentice came over and she and Will spent the day mulching tomatoes and putting their cages on. They used...
Hail and a tornado…almost
Our carpenter friend, Tom, was here yesterday, working on our latest addition to the house, which will be a living room and entryway, including a small laundry room. It looked stormy all evening, but...
Squash, squash, and more squash…not to mention pumpkins!
When the sun was shining, a few days ago, prior to a predicted frosty night, we harvested all of our mature squash and pumpkins. WOW, did we get squash this year, and they were...
We’ve hit the big gardens full force
We got some warm, dry days and we're really at it now. Will tried out the new-to-us manure spreader and I watched as he made his first pass in the Wolf Garden. We have...
Oh oh, a freeze warning
Due to the tropical storm moving northward, it sucked a cold high down from Canada unexpectedly, after we had corn, beans, squash, and melons up in the gardens. Notice, I said "gardens" as in...