Every day is a harvest day now
As fall approaches, our crops are ripening in earnest. The blackbirds are again attacking our corn crops, most of all, the Mandan Lavender Parching corn. I'm picking the corn as soon as it is...
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 want to throw your computer out the window?
Well, yesterday I came so close! I began to write my blog after morning chores. Simple enough, right? Well, not so much. When I went to transfer my Montana trip photos from my camera...
Harvest continues as well as more work on David’s cabin
Will and I are continuing to rush around every day, pulling in ripe vegetables, taking the seeds from some crops like peppers, tomatoes, and melons and shelling dry beans in preparation for winter. We've...
I think we’ve grown webs between our toes
We've had rain, rain and more rain. Four inches in several days' time. Luckily, Will managed to get our main garden tilled just before the first rain hit. It tilled up very nicely and...