Gardening along the creek...

This post was written in late June, and somehow never was published. It would still be a fun treat for Labor Day picnics!! Now that my new...

After reading some of the books and papers on Biodynamic Agriculture, this year I am planting a leguminous cover crop of Australian Winter ...

Photo by McCall N As much as I love squash of all kinds but especially winter squash, I can't believe I've never had spaghet...

This year I had some volunteer tomatoes grow in my flower beds, plus I added a few more tomato seedlings to those beds, scattered in with he...

Photo Courtesy of Just chaos I finally bought a goat share now that I know I really like making cheese. Plus, I contracted to buy a ...

I hear from folks all the time who want to store potatoes for the winter, but do not have an acceptable spot in a basement, in a crawl space...

Photo taken 6/4/11 Photo taken 7/23/11 In June I posted about starting an apple guild here . Now that it's already August,...

Something is wrong, very wrong here. Something is very wrong with the fact that Cargill can stay in business after having to recall 36 mill...

Thanks to the generosity of a dear friend, I now have a new 22 cu. ft. refrigerator! (New to me anyway; it's 6-7 years old.) What it m...

Four summers ago I planted a variety of fruiting bushes... and one nut bush, which was ordered as an Allegheny Chinquapin . It was a foot-l...

Using a name chosen as a play on Monsanto's Roundup Ready GM crops, Frank Kutka and a group of corn breeders are developing organic an...

With intense hot temperatures covering much of the country and causing deaths from dehydration, it's time for a reminder about homemade ...

PBS is doing an encore showing of Food, Inc. on August 9, 2011. Since it is an encore, not all stations may carry it, so check your local...

I've posted several times this year about having volunteer winter squash (and tomatoes) in my flower beds. The tomatoes don't have ...

It happens every winter... I want/need some zest to add zing to a dish (usually it's lemon zest) and I have no lemons on hand. It's ...

Photo after 24 hours of drying time. The drying greatly reduced the space between slices. I've been doing a lot of dehydrating this ...

I was aware of GMO corn, soybeans, alfalfa... yada, yada. (Well, I did know there are GMO seeds, but I just assumed they were for the afore-...

Well, imagine me... almost 71, up on that barn roof! A big piece of the old, rusty tin blew off and needed to be nailed back in place. Ne...

I am finding it very difficult to believe the published numbers for the rise in US food prices which are stated as much less than the rest...

Last year I dehydrated my chives before frost killed them all. They were tasteless when I cooked with them... Bleck ! This year I decided t...