Q and A: damaged apple trees and freezing beans and rice
Damaged apple trees
We planted two dwarf apple trees three springs ago and took care to protect them from critters. This winter the snow was pretty deep and we think rabbits ate the bark above...
It actually thawed today!
Okay, so that was after freezing rain. But, hey, rain is better than the white stuff after all winter, (There are rumors of 40 degrees later on this week!)
I got a kick out of...
Our beautiful fall weather will come to an end with frost
We're supposed to get frost and possibly snow flurries tonight through Saturday evening, and we've still got veggies in the gardens. I've been picking beans and corn for weeks and now we've switched into...
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!
You'll remember that with the drought last year, we had lots of grasshoppers? Well, with half of them being female, they laid lots of eggs. Just like in Laura Ingles Wilder's book. And, this...
Q and A: canning crushed tomatoes and feeding a nursing sow
Canning crushed tomatoes
I just canned some crushed tomatoes and realize that I didn't read the directions carefully. I added the lemon juice after I put in the tomatoes, instead of putting it in the...