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...
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...
Transplanting tomato plants, hauling wood
The last few days have been busy ones. I've been transplanting dozens and dozens of tiny tomato plants into styrofoam cups and deep six packs. I fill the container, mark the variety on the...
We really are loving our warm weather
Although far from true spring here in the northland, temperatures in the forties sure feel wonderful. This weekend, I canned up almost all of the year-old hamburger in our basement freezer. I saved up...
A visit to the apple man, Beryl Novak
Because we're starting a new homestead and planting lots of fruit trees, I was tickled to meet a self-taught fruit tree expert while shopping last year. Since then, I've been to his homestead up...