Q and A: whiteflies and filling the canner
Whiteflies
I have just started gardening with my grandson. He has 5 pumpkin plants and I planted 6 Hopi squash. Each group are in their own 100 sq ft growbox. Our summer has been brutal...
Q and A: damaged apple trees and freezing beans and rice
Damaged apple trees
We planted two dwarf apple trees three springs ago and took care to protect them from critters. This winter the snow was pretty deep and we think rabbits ate the bark above...
Have you ever tried local auction sites?
We have several, but we use our Do-Bid.Com site because there are auction houses 20 miles from our house. We can go view different things as well as pick up items for which we...
Q and A: free-ranging pigs, canned pinto beans, and sunless strawberries
Free-ranging pigs
I remember you telling about a pig that spent the winter free and that it did very well. I wonder what kind of pigs you raise and do you think I could raise...
One of our hen turkeys hatched out … chicks
Yep, that's right, chicks, not poults (baby turkeys). It seems Mama turkey found a nest of chicken eggs and decided to sit on them instead of making her own nest. Oh well, she IS...