Today I saw $7.99 eight-pound bags of potatoes at the store!
Holy mackerel, $1.00 a pound for plain old potatoes that weren't that nice, to begin with. My heart just about stopped. My potatoes are doing wonderful, the plants being nearly up to my waist,...
Q and A: Rhubarb bolting, Saving potatoes, and Long-term food storage
Rhubarb bolting
I’m glad your Rhubarb is coming up, so fun seeing the first sprouts of the year. My rhubarb is up and has already bolted, again! I have had them in the ground for...
Mid-winter but no cabin fever
Sure, I'd rather have less snow and cold. But if our weather up here in northern Minnesota was milder, the whole state would be built up, elbow to elbow! Actually I find plenty to...
Can you find Jackie?
CAN YOU FIND JACKIE?
With the heat and rain, our tomatoes have run amok. Although I put the rows four feet apart, staking and caging the plants, you can hardly fish your way though the...
Q and A: protecting fruit trees from frost, cloudy jelly, and canning collard greens
Protecting fruit trees from frost
I'm thinking about putting in a couple of apple trees and was wondering how you protect your fruit trees from the spring frosts. Here in eastern Washington, the orchardists use...