We got a lot done this past week
Just as soon as Will finished the siding on our storage barn, we got it stained. Then Will stained the wood rack he'd built next to the south wall of the storage barn. He...
Q and A: Tomatoes not ripening and first time pressure canner
Tomatoes not ripening
My tomatoes are bearing well but are not ripening. Good vegetation, the ones that have ripened appear healthy, loads hanging on the vines green as grass. It's October! Is there anything to...
Scavenging the frozen garden
Yes, it's kind of sad, going down to our frozen garden that bit the dust last week after a night of 24 degrees. All the tomato vines are shrunken and black, hanging...
Q and A: growing gourds and drying Lima beans
Growing gourds
Do (can) you grow gourds up there in the Great White North? If so, what types? Is it possible to grow them in the Medford, Oregon area? I'd like to grow penguin gourds...
I have most of the tomatoes transplanted
With all of the main crop tomatoes transplanted, I quickly transplanted a few new ones a customer sent me. They had gotten very leggy, due to lack of sun. But, I've found that by...