Q and A: Cleaning Wallo’ Waters and Kale and Swiss chard

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Cleaning Wallo’ Waters I finally took your advice and bought some Wall-o-Waters this year and planted our tomatoes earlier than the recommended date. Actually I chickened out and only planted them 3 weeks early, but...

We’re nearly finished planting

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We worked hard to get all the various crops planted in all of our big gardens. Rain was forecast and as we all know, rain on newly planted seeds makes them spring up lustily....

It’s the last of June and the garden’s taking off big guns

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We've been having nice heavy rains, then hot weather.  Just what the garden loves.  Luckily for me, who doesn't love hot weather, it cools off nicely at night.  Whew!  The Bristol black raspberries I...

Q and A: canning posole and petunia seeds

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Canning posole Have you ever canned posole (or pozole)? I like it, especially when its cold outside, but you just can't make a small amount. My recipe includes pork loin, red chili, oregano, bay, soaked...

The Hopi Pale Grey squash are burying my tiller

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I left my TroyBilt tiller between my squash rows, after tilling in manure I'd hauled out there from the goat barn. I figured it was a nice, dry spot, where I could begin tilling...