Q and A: splitting tomatoes and sourdough bread

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Splitting tomatoes Should you pull green tomatoes after a heavy rain to keep them from splitting? Kelly Craven Kernersville, North Carolina I don't do this but if you're...

Wow, is the garden ever growing

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It's amazing how fast everything is maturing. Tonight, I've got to pick several Umpqua broccoli heads, which I'll cut up and freeze. (I have...

The sun is out, and the birds are singing

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I just came in from outside. It's such a beautiful spring day! I heard the first Red-winged Blackbirds singing this morning and our pair...

The sun is slowly melting our snowbanks

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It's amazing how much better you feel when the sun is shining brightly, and the eaves are dripping steadily! Even more, my 3-year-old amaryllis...

The Cook Area Garden Club visits our homestead

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Thursday we hosted the Cook Area Garden Club for the second year. About forty people came and they were very enthusiastic about seeing what...