Q and A: cold winter, Hopi Pale Grey squash, and turmeric in pickles
Cold winter
Long time reader and in-town homesteader. We have been through the dryest gardening season we have had in our 40 years of marriage. Still managed to get our winter supply of food canned...
Although our attendance was low, we had a wonderful seminar
With only seven people attending our spring seminar here at our homestead this past weekend, we had a great time. We had folks from as far away as Alaska (Jessi) and Illinois (John and...
“Strike while the iron is hot”
This is our "second" farm motto! (The first is "Mo' poo poo.") The company where David works is starting to cut their own bolts (square logs) that they then use to manufacture milled logs...
Poppin’ peppers!
Our peppers are really popping up! Today Will moved two tables into the living room windows so they can get plenty of sun until we get the other mini-greenhouse set up in a window....
We just dodged a terrific storm
It's been very hot and muggy and I told Will we were primed for a bad storm. So when the weather radio called for thunderstorms Monday night we weren't surprised. In fact, we were...