Q and A: Flowering carrots, Hugelkultur, canning meatballs, and squash soup recipe
Flowering carrots
I have a question about carrots. Mine are flowering BIG TIME. Some look like they are going to seed and some are just simple dainty flowers. The carrots with the heavy flowers have...
We’ve moved our steers onto the new seeding
Four 800-pound steers eat a lot of grass! A month ago, we moved them into the newly fenced pasture, but they ate the grass down all too quickly. But luckily, the new seeding next...
Q and A: planting carrots and possible cross pollination in squash
Planting carrots
What is the best way to plant carrots? I have not had much luck lately.
Benay Cole
Granite Falls, Minnesota
Carrots can be a little finicky, but they are definitely do-able. Don't plant them too early,...
Q and A: Chickens in the garden and water blowing out of jars...
Chickens in the garden
I planted a fall crop of spinach and lettuce. We have free range chickens who roam about the garden, etc. Should I wash/soak the spinach and lettuce in vinegar before eating....
Our tilling has started
Because we currently have three tractors torn apart, waiting for cash to buy parts, we haven't been able to get started tilling the gardens as early as we'd like. So when I got home...