Big Empty Heads

I dunno about you but I've just about had it with this incredibly long and incredibly hot summer. Sheesh! At present its over 90*. Again...

Tomato of Doom

Doom I say! I dunno there's just something hinky with this tomato. Its just not right. I think its a Tomato of Doom. Happy Thursday ever...

The Giant Bubby Pepper Poke Disaster

Well friends, we've had our first casualty in The Great Pepper War of 2012. It was just two days ago during the last and final surge ag...

Foundations of Vibrant Health

Does everyone know my pal, Freemotion?   Did you see the dramatic 56 POUNDS her husband recently lost ? By eating bacon? Now that's MY k...

Fall Planting and Shelling Beans

Someone asked me yesterday if there was still time for fall planting? Sure! There's always time for more planting.  As you know I've...

The Great Pepper War of 2012

Friends, I am slain. The Capsaicin Menace They got me. Day Three of the Salsa Surge was brutal. By days end the kitchen was destroyed, my fe...

Picking Peppers

Wow! What a haul! Ten gallons of peppers picked in nothing flat. We drove several towns over and went to a Upick produce place. We really lo...

For our Dear Sister in the Westlands

Editors Note: A dear friend lost her beloved companion this morning - her dog Deirdre died in her arms. We send our friend our love and thou...

Ohio's Stories from the Great Depression

No time to blog today - I'm totally sucked into this amazing website. Have you seen Ohio's Department of Aging Great Depression Sto...

The Best News Story EVER

Did everyone see this yesterday? As long as I live there will never be another news story better than this. Of course they got the headline...

Moving The Bacon Bits to Pig Paradise

Yesterday we achieved one of this summer's biggest objectives....we finally moved The Bacon Bits to their new pig preserve - it was like...

A couple articles on the drought

I'm heading off to thin turnips this morning... but first a couple articles on the drought. This first article is pretty thought provoki...

Laundry Theft? What's with that?

Did everyone see this story a while ago about how thieves were stealing thousands of dollars of name brand laundry soap ? I have a hard tim...

Canning Frenzy

This is what a canning frenzy looks like. The kitchen is utterly destroyed. Every surface looks like this.....  Just some of the 10 gallons ...

Peps and Zucchini

Not a peck but a nice bucket of peppers......  These are mostly Marconi and Hungarian sweet and wax peppers.  The other day I also brought i...

So it rained here

Awesome. Would have been great, tho, if it would have rained this much over a couple hours but this was about 30 minutes worth. That's O...

Mid-Summer Farm Update

Ok I know its not officially "mid-summer" but we're rushing headlong into the end of summer and a lot has happened.... with mo...

Not about farming: Run. Hide. Fight.

Last week t he news had a clip about a safety training video created for the City of Houston . It was made to help employees understand what...

How To Can Tomato Sauce

If you've been hesitant to get into canning now is the perfect time to take that leap! Making and canning your own tomato sauce is a gre...

Tomato time!

No time to talk - its Tomato Season! I'm hauling them in by the bucket load...... Its like an Easter Egg hunt - the vines are positively...

Peach-Pepper Jelly

Would you look at this! Isn't it beautiful?  Peach jammy-jelly with beautiful flakes of spicy red pepper... and its delish! I've bee...