Lots of harvesting going on now

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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...

Well, tomorrow’s the day

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I've been trying to get ready for my knee replacement surgery for a week now, trying to think of everything I can do now to make things easier down the road. Extra seed packet...

We hit 24 degrees last night

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And yes, we had frost — again! We knew it was coming so yesterday we harvested beans like crazy; Will did two five-gallon buckets full and I did four. Then we were up until...

Looks like we’re about done with rain

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From having daily, and often torrential rain, the gremlins have switched the light switch to drought. And, with it, we're getting a lot of hot days (for us, you southern gardeners!). We're spending hours...

Our last winter calf has been born

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After weeks of waiting on this and that heifer to have their calves, our last one, Lady, had hers. Of course it was -21° F that night. Luckily, when I went down to check...