So much for our nice weather

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After a gorgeous Indian summer, we're into north country fall rains and the four letter word: SNOW. Yuck! I vote to cancel winter this...

Q and A: Jerusalem artichokes and adding lemon juice to tomatoes

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Jerusalem artichokes The Jerusalem Artichokes are taller than I am and I'm looking forward to harvesting them. Do I wait until a hard freeze? Do...

With rain in the forecast, we worked extra hard yesterday

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We've been kind of dry for the past several days, which was a blessing, as we could plant, plant, plant. We're pretty sore but...

Q and A: Spaghetti squash, trimming tomato vines, and wrong canning time

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Spaghetti squash and trimming tomato vines The spaghetti squash is beginning to turn yellow. When it is almost ready, can I pick it early and...

Q and A: missing canner weight and removing stumps

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Missing canner weight I recently found that in a move the 10# weight for my canner was lost. Since I had a canner dial I...