Q and A: fruit tree recommendation and life of canned food
Fruit tree recommendation
I live in Central Oregon in a high desert, where we have cold long winters and hot summers. I would like to have a peach tree; do you have any recommendations for...
So far, perfect summer
I can't believe how nice our summer has been so far and boy is the garden happy! Will is just finishing mulching the whole main garden, all 150x150 feet plus a side L of...
With the heat and the rain, boy, do we have bugs!
We've never had many mosquitoes here but this year I think everyone in Minnesota is complaining about them, us included. So we're fighting back! We put up eight new birdhouses and have several families...
When it’s -25 we do indoor stuff
Although we work outdoors much of the winter, when a severe cold snap hits, we find plenty to do indoors. And this week we'll be doing a lot of indoor work! For five days,...
Q and A: growing cucumbers and thickening tomato sauce
Growing cucumbers
Why do the edges of the leaves on my cucumber plants turn yellow?
Loretta Howard
Plymouth, Indiana
Usually when that happens, either the plants aren't getting enough water during hot spells or you are watering with...