Getting ready for spring planting; I’m saving squash seeds
Our pumpkins and squash are storing very well. We have them tucked here and there around the entryway and closet. They don't go to the basement, as both pumpkins and squash like a warmer...
Hey everyone, there was a mistake in the photo in the recent nut article
We made a mistake in the current issue, Issue No. 149, September/October 2014. In the article titled “Nut trees on your homestead,” we inadvertently put in the wrong photo over the caption that reads...
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...
Q and A: planting early trees and saving tomato seeds
Planting early trees
I was excited to get the e-mail that my new Apple Trees will be shipping this week until I realized that there is no way all of our snow will be gone...
You know it’s spring when…
All of a sudden, we had our first calf of the year born. She's a beautiful red heifer we named Sassy. We used to have our calves earlier in the year so by fall...