Well, our nice weather is gone
We knew it was coming, a night and day of rain, which is supposed to turn to snow tonight. We busted butt splitting firewood and Will hurried to get as much stacked inside as...
Boy, do we go through the firewood when there’s a -50 windchill
The last two days, we've stuffed firewood in both the kitchen range and living room stoves all day and several times during the night.
Our HIGH yesterday was -13 and this morning there was a...
Wow! A new variety of squash!
Several years ago my friend, Dara, planted a Hopi Pale Grey a few dozen yards away from a Marina Di Chioggia, a bumpy, round, blue-green Italian squash which is also a Cucurbita maxima. Yep,...
We hit 24 degrees last night
And yes, we had frost — again! We knew it was coming so yesterday we harvested beans like crazy; Will did two five-gallon buckets full and I did four. Then we were up until...
It’s being “one of those” gardening years
Normally, we have a struggle with one or two things. But this year, it seems like we're having lots of issues we normally don't have. First, was the torrential rain, then the constant rain....