Q and A: cover cropping and making soap

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Cover cropping Most of my vegetables are growing in 4x10 foot raised beds. I have been reading about the benefits of cover cropping after harvest and over winter and would like to know if this...

I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day

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Last week, we had a dive in temperatures that really shook things up around here. Not only did we have to hustle to make sure both heaters were working in the greenhouse but the...

Q and A: fertile eggs and planting potatoes

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Fertile eggs and planting potatoes If I put a rooster and a hen in a small pen together how soon can I be sure that she would be laying fertile eggs inspired by the handsome...

Well, summer’s cooking us

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Neither Will nor I like hot weather. Perhaps that's one reason we live in Northern Minnesota! But boy oh boy have we ever had hot weather lately. It makes getting at those dratted weeds...

Q and A: canning cheese, elephant garlic, and storing brown sugar

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Canning cheese I can milk, butter, and am going to can up yellow cheese this weekend. Can you can up cream cheese? I freeze it now, but it ends up crumbly when it defrosts. That's...