Even though we got a little bit of rain, it’s still really dry

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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...

Q and A: fruit tree with thorns and canned rhubarb

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Fruit tree with thorns I was not good about labeling or keeping track of the fruit trees that I planted in my orchard. I have...

We had a very happy Fourth of July

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Fortunately, after several hours of miserable car repair to replace our serpentine belt on the car, Will got our car ready to roll. So,...

Q and A: training a heifer to milk, powdery mildew, and ordering seeds

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Training a heifer to milk We have a Jersey heifer that calved about three weeks ago. I am having a terrible time milking her. She...

We’re madly harvesting tomato seeds

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We've had really nice fall weather, sunny and warm. So to take advantage of it, I've been harvesting tomato seeds every day. Saturday, Will's...