We got our Bliss Triumph seed potatoes from Alaska
We've been searching and searching for Grandpa Eddy's wonderful Bliss Triumph potatoes he grew in the Gallatin Valley, in Montana. A wonderful reader had sent me a bag three years ago, which I planted,...
Did you ever wish you were cloned?
We've had a crazy busy week. Harvest, of course, is in full swing in between rains, which we've desperately needed. There are tomatoes both to save seeds from for our seed business, and also...
Oh boy, fall is in the air
After a week of 80-degree weather, we dropped down to lows of 36 F! Boy, were we worried it would frost. When you have 5 acres in gardens, there's no covering anything, so we...
Lots of harvesting going on now
Not only are our tomatoes going great guns so I can bring in baskets full every day, but the peppers are starting to ripen. I'm not canning tomato recipes yet so I'm grinding and...
Sometimes you get an unexpected break in your day
Our routine is pretty much the same, day after day. We get up. I shower while Will builds up the fire in the living room stove. When I'm dried off, I go out to...