Oh my, do we ever have weeds
This is just to let you folks know that everything isn't always perfect in our six gardens, either. Yes, we do struggle with weeds. We try to keep ahead of them by cultivating and...
Q and A: Canning bacon grease and saving seeds
Canning Bacon Grease
I use bacon grease in frying eggs and sometimes potatoes and making cornbread. I have several jars of it in the refrigerator because my mother fries a lot of bacon and saves...
Holy cow, spring’s sure busy
I've been planting our melons, squash, and pumpkins inside. We do this as we have such a short growing season that by planting four or five weeks ahead of our frost-free spring date, we...
The Hopi Pale Grey squash are burying my tiller
I left my TroyBilt tiller between my squash rows, after tilling in manure I'd hauled out there from the goat barn. I figured it was a nice, dry spot, where I could begin tilling...
We’re racing to get finished planting before the next wave of rains come
Will tilled the old pig pen with our Troy-Bilt and we planted our open pollinated Seneca Sunrise sweet corn, which Will has bred from hybrid to open-pollinated, and several rows of Howden pumpkin. The...