Wow! A new variety of squash!
Several years ago my friend, Dara, planted a Hopi Pale Grey a few dozen yards away from a Marina Di Chioggia, a bumpy, round, blue-green Italian squash which is also a Cucurbita maxima. Yep,...
Colorful summer pictures are our answer to cabin fever!
I know we are all getting pretty darned sick of winter. We've decided that the weather forecasters are always predicting warmer weather at the end of the week, yet it never comes! So we...
We’re in between snow storms
After just getting clobbered by a windy, snowy storm, dropping about 7 inches on us, we're girding up for the next blow, coming to us from Colorado. While it's not going to be what...
Will and I took an afternoon off…to visit the bears
I finally talked Will into taking the afternoon off and driving with me north of Orr, to visit the Vince Shute Bear Sanctuary. It's only open during the summer, from Memorial Day until Labor...
Our tilling has started
Because we currently have three tractors torn apart, waiting for cash to buy parts, we haven't been able to get started tilling the gardens as early as we'd like. So when I got home...