April fool on us; we got a foot of snow
Just two days ago, we were putting our bulldozer back together. Will found a few other things that needed fixing, and was doing that before the radiator went back on. The hydraulic tank had...
Q and A: saving hybrid corn seed, dehydrating previously frozen berries, and moving homesteads
Saving hybrid corn seed
Can I successfully save seed from my "Incredible" sweet corn? Will it grow true?
Dawn Norcross
Orion, Illinois
You can save the seed but because it's a hybrid the resultant seed will not...
Q and A: drying corn and canning hamburger
Drying corn
Hi Jackie, know you're busy as a bee. We planted some Country Gentleman corn to save mostly for seed in case of emergency. Planted about 3 weeks later than our regular sweet corn,...
You never saw so many tomatoes in your life!
Even we are amazed and, I'll admit, somewhat daunted. (In our garden we planted 108 tomato plants.) A few days ago, frost was predicted and we went into hyperdrive. And, because of our little...
We have been busy with more planting
Krystal and I planted three rows of Howden pumpkins (C. pepo) and two rows of Atlantic Giant pumpkins (C. maxima) in the old pig pasture. Then we went out in the new "garden" and...