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18 this morning, down in Vancouver. BRRRRR. Good thing I gave the chickens some older canned tuna last nite.

I've never tried straw so can't offer an opinion on that, but carrots do like loose or sandy soil. I would think that lifting the...

Today is a drizzly wet day. Buford and Sheba are together in the front field. As long as it’s a drizzle or soft mist, the sheep and dogs...

We are finding dried tomatoes to be useful too! We dried some tomatoes a couple of years ago and they were so desiccated that they were...

we don't add anything to the tomatoes when canning them as they are a variety which is already acidic enough. if you want to be sure...

Sunny days and very cold nights will continue until the end of the week, which is spectacular. Seedlings go out each morning once it...

13 degrees F warmer out this morning compared to yesterday. we have the heat going so the crawlspace can be warmed up enough for the...

in last night's forecast there was no mention of significant snowfall. wake up, it's all fluffy out there and some still coming down...

We had our Seedy Sunday yesterday. Oh boy! What a day! I talked for nearly 7 hours straight, when I got home I felt like I was...

Both stunning.🌟

I moved my Purple Jean ranuncula corms to bins of potting mix yesterday. Only half of them had sprouted, and I had been watering them...

Still working on developing a more uniform approach to starting pepper seeds, and one point in particular is confounding me. There...

That is an incredible amount of tomatoes flowerbug! I have canned lots of jam over the years, but I have yet to muster the courage to...

Looks your container garden is well on its way. My dad always says 'by the time you finish a project, you have a pretty good idea of...

Okay. About 55 pavers washed and in place. Sucks the idea didn't come up before I filled the metal beds. The old 4oclocks bag will be...