Q and A: dwarf fruit trees and refrigerator pickles
Dwarf fruit trees
I want to plant some dwarf fruit trees and I can't find an Arkansas Nursery which sells dwarf trees that are good for the Arkansas Climate. Also could you help with a...
Q and A: canning tomatoes, canning root vegetables, raised beds and converting a hayfield
Canning tomatoes
I am canning tomatoes. Of course it seems time consuming. This year, for one batch I have pureed the entire tomato (minus the core) in the food processor and then proceeded to canning...
The flower gardens are looking great…and so is our woodpile
Besides all the great improvements going on around here, the big garden, our new house garden and keeping busy taking care of Mom, I have had a few minutes to work in the flowers....and...
The cows got into our pumpkin/corn patch
Yesterday Will was bulldozing the horse manure in the horse pasture where we feed round bales all winter up into a compost pile. He noticed that the cows seemed to be too far north...
QandA: Planting potatoes, Gnat invasion, and New to pressure canning
Planting potatoes
I was told by an elderly neighbor that I can not plant my tomatoes in the same place that I had potatoes last year. The potatoes did fine, no blight or problems last...