Our warming trend continues
And gee, are we losing snow fast! With the sun out and temps in the high forties and even fifties, our three feet of snow is down to six inches in the orchard and...
We were up early this morning
Not because we're all that ambitious but because it was going to be 90 degrees today. We sure don't want to work hard when it gets that hot. But since we've got rain coming...
Q and A: canned sweet peppers, mold in houseplants, and growing asparagus
Canned sweet peppers
Last summer I wanted to preserve some roasted sweet peppers by canning. I followed the method where you roast them, remove the skins and seeds, and then water bath canned them in...
I saw the coolest owl
I was driving home from getting feed two days ago when out of the corner of my eye, I saw a fence post that looked "odd." I checked for traffic and backed up. Yep,...
We’re working like mad to get ahead of oncoming cold weather
We have a few warm days but the long-term forecast is for increasing cold and snow. So we've been working like beavers, canning, cutting and splitting the last big batch of firewood, hauling manure,...