What do you get when you cross a Hopi Pale Grey and a Marina...
Nothing like you'd imagine! Hopi Pale Grey is football shaped with a "belly button" on the blossom end. Marina Di Chioggia is pumpkin shaped,...
Due to out of control Canadian wildfires, our sky has been orange with smoke
We're always on the lookout for fire, here in the Northwoods. After all, we are in a very dry period and often, city folks...
We had a happy Easter
I baked up a big smoked half ham from one of our pigs for Easter dinner. Our son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Kelly, along...
Q and A: Making hominy, Foxtail eradication, and Duck smell
Making hominy
I want to make hominy, I am having difficulty finding lye. Any suggestions?
Don Bagby
Duluth, Georgia
Sure. You don't have to use lye; I use...
Our peppers are up and growing; I’ll plant tomatoes tomorrow!
I planted 16 different varieties of peppers two weeks and three days ago. Today, 90% of them are up and growing, as well as...