I LOVE to garden. I LOVE to grow food, I LOVE to put up food. We have quite a big garden space–because we have lots of room for a big garden space. Not everyone has, or even WANTS a big garden space. BUT…if you want the thrill of growing your own food, and even if…
Corn smut has 2 very different faces. That’s not something just everyone knows! One face is corn smut, the other is Huitlacoche. Which face you see, is dependent on where you live, and what you are trying to grow! It is corn planting time, on the plains, and corn smut doesn’t show up for a…
We have a big patch of rhubarb in our yard. Five or six nice sized mounds of it, one of which has been there for over 50 years! When we moved onto the place, I planted 5 more mounds. I’m not sure what possessed me to think that we needed THAT much rhubarb….. My man…
Welcome to spring on the prairie. A torrential late night rain/hailstorm, arrived on the high plains last night, turning the ground white, and wreaking havoc. It poured rained and hailed for 15-20 minutes….luckily it was small, hail…pea and gumball sized. We sometimes laugh at what the weather station calls “heavy rain”. This one, they said,…
At the risk of sounding like your mother, I’m going to share this with you….. I read a quote awhile back. The kind that hit home-in a good way and just made me happy deep down inside. I have no idea where I saw it, (on my phone somewhere, no doubt) or who said it,…
