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....
We got quite a snowfall, but it won’t last
A few days ago we got hammered with about five inches of new, very heavy snow. For a while, you could hardly see the...
Now that most of the snow’s gone, we’re hurrying to finish jobs
The two feet of snow is mostly gone and the ground froze, at least a bit. So Will is hurrying to haul our last...
The Arctic Vortex is about to hit us
For two days now we've been preparing for the icy cold that's forecast to drift down upon us from Canada. Will hauled extra round...
What a summer! I have to have my gallbladder out and Will went to...
We've had more than 12 inches of rain in the last two weeks. Hey, it's homesteading, right? But it didn't help that I found...