We have been a little busy around the ol’ homestead so I’m just now getting around to newslettering today when it is a frogstrangler of a rain outside. We can never seem to get all of a single project done at one time. Instead, we have half a dozen projects strewn about the farm getting worked on depending on availability of parts, or tools, or if it is too windy or too wet, etc. The one project we got started on and finished all in a row was making new cold frames. Simple step by step...

It has been colder and wetter than expected so far this month, and I am a little slow getting the newsletter out, but here we go. We are the third owners of our house. The guy who built it, literally with his own hands, and his wife, were the first family who lived here. They were an older couple and didn’t need anything fancy, and let’s just say, they didn’t see any need to build ‘to code’ out here in the boonies. The second family was the father and mother of my bride. They were not...

For real, Autumn? As I write this, we are preparing for the first freeze of the year. Thanks, Autumn. Planting continues for the hundreds upon hundreds of daffodil bulbs, ranunculus corms, and peony roots that are going in this fall. Ranunculus 'Tecolote Cafe' The woody perennials like the smokebush and weigela and hydrangea are still waiting to get into the ground. We are going to move them into the greenhouse Saturday, along with a space heater, to keep them safe in their little pots. ...