Hot, hot, and hotter
Okay, I'll admit it's not really that hot, compared to the heat in the South. But for Northern Minnesota, it's been hot and muggy at times. Luckily, the garden loves it and is doing...
My ham and bean soup turned out perfect
Make that perfect plus! Wow — I sneaked a taste as I ladled it into the jars and even I am impressed. Now we have 14 pints of nice bean soup sitting on the...
Our pumpkin patch/cornfield is coming up
Despite more than seven inches of rain, the seeds we hurriedly planted on our pumpkin patch/corn field are sprouting! We figured they'd all rot since the patch is not on high ground and is...
Even though we got a little bit of rain, it’s still really dry
We've been watering like mad in four out of seven gardens and praying over the others. I've about finished the first planting of all of the gardens. Whew, was I ever glad to plant...
It never rains but it pours
Our area was so very dry earlier this spring, with the rivers and lakes down alarmingly. Then it started to rain! So far, we've had four inches in two days, another inch, then an...