Gardening along the creek...

Today I picked up a hitchhiker on the entry ramp to the interstate. Why? I have no explanation, but it's NOT like me!!   I passed ...

Growing sweet potatoes was a valiant first attempt on my part, but in the end: All Hat, No Cattle. The harvest I dug in mid-October was...

Damn and Double-Damn!! Seems I've discovered a potential minefield with moving my garden area higher up from the creek, which puts it c...

The first load of chips, ready to spread over several inches of alfalfa hay on a cardboard base My effort to build a totally new gard...

Hooray, I now have a means of accurately controlling the cooking temps of curds when making cheese! Some recipes call for increasing th...

Split Copper Collar on seedling Nope, I am NOT putting collars on the slugs, nor am I wearing a collar fashioned out of slugs! I...

I've been watching the growing "Occupy" movement for several weeks with some curiousity, even though there seemed to be no pa...

Photo by bucklava Oh LawdyMercy... Monsanto is now in the bee business! They recently acquired Beeologics, LLC , an international fir...

In August I posted pics of the growing first "crop" on my baby Hazelnut (aka Filbert) tree. Now I'm happy to report th...

A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People and A Better World Joel Salatin is the owner of Polyfac...

I haven't had much time for cheesemaking lately, but I did start a Gorgonzola Dolce. I've tried to make a Stilton 3 times so fa...

Frost on Flowering Kale, Photo by PhotoBobil It's time for many of us to expect frost in our vegetable gardens (although some are...

It has been brought to my attention that Comments to this blog are not coming through. Recently Blogger (part of Google) changed the inter...

Last week I moved the pile of willow chips (left from last year's tree trimming) for my new sheet composted area, and I found a...

Despite my very busy schedule of house and garden projects, I still have to eat... and prepare canned things to eat later in the year when ...

Yep, that's right... this post is about the 4% of our bodies that are minerals, but a very important 4%!  It came about because someone...

Growing our own food anywhere we can on our own property should not be against the Law . Here's a few recent cases where public outcry ...

Deaths From Cantaloupe Listeria Rise At least 13 people in eight states have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with li...

Just Beginning to build a Hugelkultur "edge" Hugelkultur beds are an amazingly simple concept, used across the pond for age...

Monsanto’s newest GMO sweet corn scheduled to be sold directly to an unsuspecting public . This experimental corn will no...