Q and A: cold winter, Hopi Pale Grey squash, and turmeric in pickles
Cold winter
Long time reader and in-town homesteader. We have been through the dryest gardening season we have had in our 40 years of marriage. Still managed to get our winter supply of food canned...
No rain, so we’re starting to irrigate
With most of our crops planted, we're starting to mulch like mad. Heather, our part-time apprentice came over and she and Will spent the day mulching tomatoes and putting their cages on. They used...
We’re planting, planting, planting like mad
It's supposed to rain Friday through Tuesday. And as this is the first rain we've had for days, we sure want to get planted ahead of it. After all, two of our big gardens...
We got snow!
After some nice days of sun and 70's, today it got really cloudy. Then it began snowing like crazy. Wow! We didn't enjoy that one bit. But we had lots to do indoors. Will...
Our winter continues — cold and snowy
For us, winter is kind of a rest-up for spring because of the intense cold. Will and I do our daily outside chores but find time for inside stuff that doesn't happen when we...