Q and A: cover cropping and making soap
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
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
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
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
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...