{"id":10544,"date":"2024-08-13T18:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T22:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=10544"},"modified":"2024-08-13T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T22:32:35","slug":"we-had-a-unique-visitor-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2024\/08\/13\/we-had-a-unique-visitor-today\/","title":{"rendered":"We had a unique visitor today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Normally, along with our daily work of feeding chickens, watering cows, making hay, and pulling weeds in our gardens, we get occasional visits from folks wanting to buy seeds, take a tour of our homestead and visit with us for a while. Today, our visitor was Brad from PBS North. He came to do a story on us and our little homestead seed business, Seed Treasures<\/a>. It was fun!<\/p>\n

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Here I am with our visitor today, Brad, from PBS North.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We got to show him our tomato patch, and, luckily, there were ripe tomatoes coming on. Brad got to sample many of them, enjoying their various and unique flavors. Then we went to the Sand and Main Gardens, checking out the corn, peppers, melons, and beans there. He was very interested in all the stories about the history of the various crops, which is one of our favorite subjects. All the while, he was filming, and I tried to make sense! Doing a filmed interview on the front porch capped it off, then I showed him how we save tomato seeds from our first Bill Bean tomato that was ripe. Sharing these stories is so much fun and I hope others enjoy seeing out homestead too. We sure enjoyed the visit, and I’ll let you know when it’s scheduled to air.<\/p>\n

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After the PBS North visit, I was headed out to pick potato bugs. Ugh!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Despite the ongoing battle with the bugs, the potatoes look awesome!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, it’s back to “normal.” Will’s out in the hay, seeing if it’s ready to bale yet and I’m back to picking potato bugs and weeding. Everything but the corn is coming along nicely. I may or may not get corn to can this year. We’ll see. Our last planting is just up, and I am hopeful for a late frost this fall. This afternoon, our friends Sheri and Dara are planning to come out and pick more Dragon Tongue and Provider beans to can. Boy do those beans ever produce. (This is the third picking, and they are loaded.)<\/p>\n

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Our driveway and gardens are abloom with wild sunflowers. The pollinators love them!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

— Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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