Fall rains have begun
After several nice, sunny days with temps in the high fifties and even sixty yesterday, we woke up to rain. Yuck. But we had a nice week, last week. We even got to visit...
This is an insane year, weather wise
We still haven't seen three days in a row without rain! We listen to the weather radio several times a day, plus watch the local weather on the news, hoping for the window of...
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...
Our wood is nearly all stacked on our porch
We've been working for a few days cutting, splitting, and hauling wood into the back porch for winter. David was off work and helped us one day and Will and I kept up after...
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...