Holy Cow! It’s not supposed to be in the nineties in northern Minnesota
For the second week now, we're experiencing a terrific (for us!) heat wave with steady temperatures in the nineties every day. What makes it so hard for us is that we're in our frantic...
Q and A: boiled cider, Hopi Pale Grey squash not producing, and larger hoop...
Boiled cider
Apple harvest time is here and I've recently discovered some great sounding doughnut recipes that call for "boiled cider" as one of the ingredients. Boiled apple cider is quite expensive to buy so...
It’s still wet here, but boy is the garden ever producing!
Haying has been difficult. We've been having significant rain every three days or so. Not half an inch or less, it's been 2 inches, 3½ inches (and more) at a time. The hayfields never...
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: chickens pecking, removing air from jars, Hopi Pale Grey seeds, and...
Chickens pecking
I am having a problem with one of my Buff Orpingtons plucking all of the other birds in the flocks feathers. Do you have any helpful ideas on how to get her to...