It comes every year, but it always hurts
The FREEZE. Last week we not only had a frost, which we prepared for by covering all crops we could with plastic tarps, but it FROZE. At temperatures down to 27 degrees, plastic is...
Snow, snow, snow
Well, at least the perennial garden plants will have plenty of snow cover this winter. We just got another five inches today. I can't lie and say I wish winter would stay for months...
Q and A: Wood burners, Peach preserves, Dry beans, and Pumpkin puree
Wood burners
Have you used a wood burner with a jetstove.com chimney? They are supposed to be smokeless and put out twice the heat. I really like the concept of not letting all my heat...
Eating up all the garden mistakes
This last few days have been sort of a blur of frenzied picking, hauling, digging, hauling and stacking garden produce in the new greenhouse, away from the freezing cold that has suddenly descended on...
This time of the year, I’ve got more plants in the tub than people!
I've ordered lots of trees and bramble fruits for our orchard this year; I keep seeing these things bringing higher and higher outrageous prices and decided THIS year I'd get the orchard booted up....