Q and A: Bill bean tomatoes and Will’s sprinkler
Bill Bean tomatoes
We are growing the tomato plants that you sent us seeds for last winter. I believe they are called Bill Bean tomatoes, and that the original seeds came to America in someone's...
I have some sad news
Our son, Javid, passed away yesterday morning, peacefully, in his sleep. Although it was very hard for me, I know he'd been fighting a good fight for a few years now and was very...
Q and A: Picking green peppers, cross pollination, and canning pumpkin soup
Picking green peppers
I'm in Kentucky. We're due for a hard frost this weekend. I have been harvesting my cayenne peppers as they turn red and have had a great haul. I still have loads...
With rain in the forecast, we worked extra hard yesterday
We've been kind of dry for the past several days, which was a blessing, as we could plant, plant, plant. We're pretty sore but got in more pole beans and seven 80-foot rows of...
The seed starting is gearing up, even in below zero temps
I've got all our pepper seeds started and am nearly done with the tomatoes. We had some old squash and pumpkin seeds, some of which were donated by a reader to whom I sent...