Q and A: cover cropping and making soap
Cover cropping
Most of my vegetables are growing in 4x10 foot raised beds. I have been reading about the benefits of cover cropping after harvest and over winter and would like to know if this...
Now that most of the snow’s gone, we’re hurrying to finish jobs
The two feet of snow is mostly gone and the ground froze, at least a bit. So Will is hurrying to haul our last hay home from the fields. He's had a little tractor...
We’re going through our neglected berry patch
With the help of our trusty Lab, Spencer, and cat, Mittens, we're working through our badly neglected berry patch. Yesterday, Will began pulling the photo-degraded plastic tarps off the spaces between the rows, then...
We wish all of you a very happy New Year!
From our homestead to yours, whether it's your forever homestead or the place you are for now, we truly wish you a wonderfully happy New Year! It doesn't take parties, drinking, and staying up...
Q and A: pickling radishes, strawberry rhubarb jam, and bacon
Pickling radishes
Believe it or not, I couldn't find in your canning book a recipe for pickling radishes. Do you have any suggestions?
Jon Gallo
All I do when I can radishes is to slice or...