In between seeding out squash seeds, I’m canning venison
We've been really busy, seeding out the melons and squash in the greenhouse as we're heating it with propane, and it really isn't sealed up tight enough for economical heating yet. We're trying to...
I hope you had a very happy Veterans Day
We were so busy, but we took time out to remember the Veterans who serve and served our country. Both my late husband, Bob, and husband, Will, were Vietnam Marine Corps veterans so I...
Q and A: fresh eggs floating, saving bean and pea seeds, and beaver forecast
Fresh eggs floating
I'd like to know your opinion on this or any insight you might have. A person who buys eggs from us complained that some of them floated when she immersed them in...
We’re sure hoping for more rain
In the meantime, I've begun watering in various gardens and the orchard. That's in between putting tomato cages on a trillion tomato plants. Will has been busy mulching and pounding in steel T posts...
Q and A: planting carrots and possible cross pollination in squash
Planting carrots
What is the best way to plant carrots? I have not had much luck lately.
Benay Cole
Granite Falls, Minnesota
Carrots can be a little finicky, but they are definitely do-able. Don't plant them too early,...