Our first tomatoes are ripe
The tomatoes are slow this year due to the intense heat we had early on when they were starting to set blossoms. (When it...
We escaped the frost!
But I'm sure there is more frost to come. We shut up our big hoop house, still full of peppers and pole beans and...
It’s amazing what a little manure will do!
A year ago, my friend, Jeri, gave me two rhubarb roots. They started nicely, but did not get very large during the summer. I...
Hot, hot, hot
I know high eighties and low nineties isn't hot for some of you, but for us Northwoods folks, it's plenty warm. Especially when we're...
Q and A: emergency escape vehicle, canning hamburger, cold hardy apricot tree
Emergency planning escape vehicle
Great ideas in Issue #157, January/February 2016 Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag. Got me wondering what would make the...