Well, winter’s catching up with us a bit.
After all winter with very little snow or cold, a big winter storm is upon us. Well, they say it's a storm, but it's really just snow. It's snowed all day, and we have...
Q and A: planting cole crops and blight resistant tomatoes
Planting cole crops
For several years I have tried my hand at planting cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts from seeds purchased from Baker Creek. Every year the plants are very small and most never...
Q and A: canning posole and petunia seeds
Canning posole
Have you ever canned posole (or pozole)? I like it, especially when its cold outside, but you just can't make a small amount. My recipe includes pork loin, red chili, oregano, bay, soaked...
With dry, warm weather, we’re hard at work
Thankfully, we haven't had a freeze yet. So, we're able to let a lot of crops finish that wouldn't have made it if it had frozen. Our friends, Sherri and Dara were here on...
Canning and building goes forward
With our entire gardens harvested, we switched energy to canning up the produce as quickly as possible. Those twelve big crates of tomatoes on the enclosed back porch are beginning to ripen quite quickly....