Harvest continues and a new crop is growing INSIDE
I saved a turkey roasting pan full of sliced pumpkin pieces from our huge pumpkin to dehydrate. As the temperatures were hot and dry (unusual for this time of year in northern Minnesota!), I...
We’ve so enjoyed spring-like weather this weekend
With the sun out and temperatures nearing sixty, we have really enjoyed this weekend. We spent it mostly picking up around the yard as the snow melted. Boy, it's shocking at how much "junk"...
The Provider green beans are ready!
I've started weeding the beans in the Central garden for the second time. Our wonder-apprentice, Alisha, weeded that whole garden before she went home to puppy-sit her dog's new puppies but those weeds just...
Q and A: Pectin and fruit questions and ground meat jerky
Pectin and fruit questions
I read your posts this morning on the Pectin and the Cider and had a question. After we can that Pectin following that Cider recipe, how long will the pectin be...
This should be a good year for fruit
Most of our wild and tame fruits have flowered without a freeze this year and as I closely examined several trees/bushes, I can see little swollen bumps that show that they are forming fruit....