Q and A: cover cropping and making soap
Cover cropping
Most of my vegetables are growing in 4x10 foot raised beds. I have been reading about the benefits of cover cropping after harvest and over winter and would like to know if this...
The pin cherries are ripe; jelly tonight!
Once again, I've been racing the cedar waxwings to the beautiful crop of wild pin cherries on the edges of our driveway. It's hard to be mad at those gorgeous masked birds, even when...
Having friends is a true blessing
This sure was true yesterday when four of our friends, Mike, Dara, Sherri, and Charis came to help out in the garden. I'm sure it's because they all know just how awful my knees...
We had sad news
Our friend, Linda, who helped cook at our homestead seminars passed away recently and suddenly due to undiagnosed cancer. Her service brought tears to many of us who knew her and will certainly miss...
We escaped the frost!
But I'm sure there is more frost to come. We shut up our big hoop house, still full of peppers and pole beans and said prayers. And they worked! When we woke up it...