This week’s harvest total is as scary as the zombies that I’m sure will be visiting our house later tonight. Two nights with really hard freezes (lows both nights were 28) has put an end to all the summer vegie production. The tomatoes are gone, the squash is gone, the raspberries and strawberries are frozen [...]
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What might have been
October 30th, 2011 
Rick “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, it might have been.” – John Greenleaf Whittier. I’ve been slowly cleaning up the garden for the fall. I’m doing it later this year than I do most years because we had our first frost so late this year. I’m always a little frustrated [...]
Growing Popcorn
October 29th, 2011 Rick Every year we try to experiment with something new in our garden. Sometimes we love the new crop, other times we learn that none of us like it and it never makes it back in our garden. This year’s test crop was popcorn! We have grown sweet corn for years so we decided to give [...]
A “Miner” Problem
October 28th, 2011 Rick On and off last year I noticed a few leaves on our spinach and Swiss chard turning yellow wilting. It was late in the season so I didn’t worry much about it and just removed the bad leaves. This fall nearly every plant has this same problem and it has almost completely wiped out our [...]
The Great Pumpkin Hunt
October 27th, 2011 Rick Most years we can’t bring ourselves to cut up our home grown pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns. We usually try to leave them in storage for later use during the winter. So we try to buy pumpkins from a local grower. I have mentioned a few times before about the great corn we buy from a local [...]
