Turnip of Doom and planting notes

This turnip planted itself and I've been cracking myself up with how big its gotten. At some point its just going to crack or go to seed...

Making a Stunning Neufchatel Cheese

You may be wondering why I'm not making cheese this spring? Well, the sad fact is that my cheese fridge died and now I don't have an...

Potatoes are lookin' good

We were supposed to get a good soaking last nite and today... wow do we need the rain! We got enough rain to knock the dust off the truck bu...

Our New Pal, Hal

I'm not afraid of snakes. That isn't to say that I love them or want them touching me... I'm just sayin' they don't frea...

Zander FoeHammer, Pig Hater

Zander FoeHammer, Pig Hater, Hog Destroyer, Swine Slayer, Bacon Defeater.... He really hates them pigz.  You might have guessed that the por...

A War On Two Fronts

Editor's note: New readers may begin this part of the story here . The backstory begins here , then Part 2 , Part 3 , and Part 4 . The ...

Sunday Snaps

Scenes from this morning.... The blueberries are stunning already.... And I'm so excited about the broccoli! I planted this buckwheat as...

So you know there is going to be pie, right?

Look what I just walked out of the garden with! So, you know there is gonna be pie involved, right?  Probably this one .... and s ome of th...

Water Trolley

Remember when I planted all that stuff outside the fence a while ago ?  Its doing GREAT! The alfalfa, clover, corn, and sunflowers are all s...

How to put up fence.... even if you don't know what you are doing

I talk about fencing a lot.  And I assume that folks know that I'm referring to that barrier-type-stuff used to keep the neighbor's ...