Most of our road trips involve food
I bought honeyberries and bush cherries from Honeyberry USA, in Bagley, Minnesota several years ago. (I had met Bernis and Jim Ingvaldson, the owners, at the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Conference in January, held...
Will and I took a trip to the back of the Big Pines forty...
It was nice yesterday so Will took me out to see a spot he'd discovered while making ATV trails through the dead, blown-down fir on our new Big Pines forty. It was a gentle...
Back from the Energy Fair and back to work!
It finally quit raining, so when we got back from the Energy Fair and got over "jet lag," we started in on weeding our garden (weeds grow very well in rainy weather!!!!) and putting...
Q and A: Canning strawberries, dry summer, harvesting rhubarb and proper range when pressure...
Canning strawberries, dry summer, and harvesting rhubarb
My grocery store opened a dollar section. I found a jar of WHOLE strawberries in lite syrup. How did they can them and not have them turn to...
Q and A: tomato plants, moving canned food, pruning melon plants, and fungus on...
Tomato plants and moving canned food
How do you mark your tomato plants so that you know which varieties produce what? I can't seem to find anything that lasts through the growing season. Also, I...