The flower gardens are looking great…and so is our woodpile

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Besides all the great improvements going on around here, the big garden, our new house garden and keeping busy taking care of Mom, I have had a few minutes to work in the flowers....and...

Q and A: making pickles, preserving squash, and growing squash

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Making pickles Do you have a recipe for making dill cucumbers with lemon juice instead of vinegar? It just sounds healthier, if it is possible. Nancy Hoppe Cinebar, Washington You could use a substitution in your dill pickle...

Spring is dragging its feet this year

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It seems that this year, spring is dragging its feet. Or maybe we just got spoiled when it was 60 degrees a week or so ago? Each day brings another "fit and start." One...

One of our hen turkeys hatched out … chicks

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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...

Q and A: splitting tomatoes and sourdough bread

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Splitting tomatoes Should you pull green tomatoes after a heavy rain to keep them from splitting? Kelly Craven Kernersville, North Carolina I don't do this but if you're having trouble with your almost ripe green tomatoes splitting, you...