Q and A: adding eggshells to your compost and canning chili peppers
Adding eggshells to your compost
Do I need to pre-treat eggshells before adding them to my garden as compost? I feel like I'm wasting something when I just burn them or throw them out. We...
We’re making good use of sunny and sixty!
While we don't let grass grow under our feet, the past two days has been extra busy as our weather went from way below normal and snow to sixty with sunshine. I can just...
The rain came
It's been so dry lately, with storms going north and south of us regularly. Where friend, Dara, several miles north of us got an inch, we didn't get a sprinkle. But, yesterday, it rained...
Hey! Spring’s back
After a week of back to back blizzards, the sun came out and the temperature climbed to 50 degrees today. It was SO nice. And today my son Bill and his wife,...
We’re putting the garden to bed for the winter, but we’re still harvesting
Although we're hauling compost down to our garden by the tractor load, we're still busily harvesting. I just finished the Swiss Chard. I plant Bright Lights, just because I love the pretty colors. Of...