Planting garlic, Goats to clear brush, and Canning cheese

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Planting garlic  I am getting ready to start my garlic seeds in a starting tray and then transplant to the garden this fall. What planting...

Rain is coming so we postponed haying

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Meanwhile, Will and Eric are setting trusses up on the new barn. How exciting! After all this time, it's starting to quickly look like...

Q and A: watering in hoop houses, blackberry syrup, and oven canning

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Watering in hoop houses and blackberry syrup Since we've had two summers of extremely hot, dry weather, I think the hoop houses might be the...

The pumpkin and squash harvest is finished

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Saturday was sunny and nice, above normal temps right into the high seventies. Wow, was it a perfect Indian summer day! Robert, a young...

Spring inside, but it’s still winter outside

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Last night it was -26 degrees, clear and cold, cold.  But the greenhouse stayed 55 degrees all night and this morning when I went...