The peppers are up

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Although we had temps of -2 last night, we are excited that our first pepper seedlings are up and looking great. We start them in peat pellets, soaked in hot water to puff them...

We had an excellent weekend

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I found a horse for our horse-loving granddaughter, Ava, through a friend of ours. Yes, Ava had her POA pony, Whinny, but Whinny has Cushing's disease, which is kind of related to diabetes. Only...

Holy cow are we rushing around lately!

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We saw, on our weather forecast, for Friday night and possibly Saturday night, temperatures in the low 30's F. Of course, we usually have temperatures of 5 degrees lower than they forecast, so we're...

It’s weird; after a night of 20 degrees, yesterday we hit 80.

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Our weather's been totally unusual this year, but with the current warm spell, we're thankful and making the best of it. Will's cutting hay on his last big field and I'm still picking beans...

Our tomatoes and peppers are getting ripe

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With those ripening crops, I've been busy taking out seed to save for our seed business. I always take seed from the earliest and some of the best ones. I also give them a...