So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest
Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've been especially thrilled with our Hansen's Bush Cherries. The fruit...
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,...
Reader’s Question: Root cellars, heating, and wood cookstoves
Dear Jackie
You were kind enough to answer a quetion I asked a few years back
regarding buying land in BC - we have since realized that we
definitely can't afford to buy land in BC or...
Q and A: Introducing new chickens and canning yams
Introducing new chickens
I am thoroughly enjoying my chickens. I have a flock of 11, 10 hens and one rooster. I like them so much and their eggs even more that I would like to...
Time to transplant those little seedlings
It's hard to believe that those little seedlings are already big enough to transplant! But that's the way they grow. Just like kids. I'm beginning to transplant from the flats they grew in to...