Despite our latest snowstorm, my first peppers are up
Yep, ANOTHER snowstorm! The weather radio, which we live by, is calling for a major winter storm with up to 14 inches of blowing, heavy, wet snow falling today, tonight, and tomorrow. Sigh. Just...
I’m hunting up my pepper seeds and my jiffy pellets
It's mid-February (does THAT seem possible?) and pretty soon I'll be starting my peppers and petunias. They take a long time to get big. After the peppers are about 4 inches tall, I put...
Q and A: Hopi Pale Grey squash and Growing and Canning Your Own Food
Hopi Pale Grey squash
In previous issues of the magazine it was stated that Hopi Pale Grey Squash Heirloom Seeds are difficult to find. I just received my Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog and to...
Our first robin arrived today
I was so jealous of my sisters, Sue and Deb. Both had flocks of robins arriving in their yards. Us? Nada. But today our first one arrived, and we were so thrilled! Will was...
Great News! Backwoods Home Magazine will be back in print!
I just got an e-mail from Dave Duffy, the publisher of BHM saying his son, Sam, will be re-launching the print edition of the magazine. It will be the same as before with all...