It’s mid-summer and we’re planting our fall cabbages
Here it is late July. Summer has just roared by. I think it's because spring was a month late and we've been playing catch-up ever since. The garden looks great so it's hard to...
Q and A: straw bale garden, freezing peppers to use later, and dry canned...
Straw bale garden
Do you have any idea how well the straw bale gardens work? My garden is covered in bindweed. I am not physically able to keep up with hoeing and can't bend or...
Why do you feed the birds? It’s a waste of money!
Yes, I feed the birds. Both summer and winter. But the joy of the colorful interaction, just outside the window during the cold, bleak winter months and the symphony of birdsong around the place...
And then my computer crashed
Things were going along nicely … I was pulling in lots of dry beans, canning more corn, and taking seeds from our many tomato varieties. I brought two Bozeman watermelons to the house that...
I hope you all have a very Happy New Year!
We're working toward that too. After all, following the exciting and peaceful holidays, visiting family (social distanced, of course), and eating lots of goodies, we're getting back to work. Seed orders are flowing in,...