Q and A: watering in hoop houses, blackberry syrup, and oven canning
Watering in hoop houses and blackberry syrup
Since we've had two summers of extremely hot, dry weather, I think the hoop houses might be the new wave of garden success for us. How do you...
Spring means new baby goats
We've been pretty busy the last two days. We planned on having our two does, Velvet (the mother of the triplet does last year) and Luna bred to kid about the same time in...
Q and A: corn for polenta and canning spaghetti squash
Corn for polenta
What kind of corn can I plant to dry and make the best polenta? Is it sweet corn or field corn or something else? Do you grind your corn coarsely or finely...
We finally got rain
It was getting pretty dry around here and our fire danger was up to a red flag so we kind of held our breath for several days. But because it was dry, Will managed...
If the drought wasn’t enough, now we have grasshoppers
I've been noticing way more grasshoppers around this year than normal. And now they're getting bigger, you really notice them as every step you take, you send up a big cloud before you. I...