We are harvesting a bounty of carrots

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As our nighttime temperatures are drifting into the very low twenties, I figured I'd better get at it and pull the remaining carrots and...

Wow! A new variety of squash!

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Several years ago my friend, Dara, planted a Hopi Pale Grey a few dozen yards away from a Marina Di Chioggia, a bumpy, round,...

I’m back to the living again

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Yep, Will got the solar powered golf cart working for me. I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate that and use...

Q and A: canning tomatoes, canning root vegetables, raised beds and converting a hayfield

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Canning tomatoes I am canning tomatoes. Of course it seems time consuming. This year, for one batch I have pureed the entire tomato (minus the...

Squash rotting, Canning sugar pears, and European canning jars

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Squash rotting  We planted Blue Hubbard squash this year (1st time), and while the plants have a fairly decent yield, there are many (a lot!)...