Q&A: Transplanting tomatoes & Trimming tough hooves
Transplanting tomatoes
I tried transplanting tomato plants last year with little success. What vegetable plants transplant from indoor starts well and is there something I should have done to the tomatoes to help them adjust...
Q and A: pickling solution, melted plastic in the garden, and preserving grapes
Pickling solution
I've been canning a lot of pickle goods, Sw. Relish, Garlic Dills, Sw. Pickle Chips, etc. I have a lot of Sw. Pickling broth left from the last batch I did and it...
Q and A: fruit tree recommendation and life of canned food
Fruit tree recommendation
I live in Central Oregon in a high desert, where we have cold long winters and hot summers. I would like to have a peach tree; do you have any recommendations for...
Q and A: Canning pinto beans and planting asparagus
Canning pinto beans
I received a new All American pressure canner for Christmas and want to do pinto beans in pints for my first batch; do I need to soak them first or can I...
Will’s been here a week now and I’m worn out
But boy oh boy have we gotten a lot done! You remember my pitiful orchard, carved out of a hill of old slash piles, boulders and stumps? Well, now it's cleaned out and mulched...