Strange Chickens
Florence has been laying eggs since August and I was beginning to wonder what the hold-up was with Maude. I raised them both from chicks, so they are the same age. Maude is a Brahma and Florence is a Rhode Island Red. Not sure if it’s a breed thing, but Maude waited until she was...
Last Canning
Our poor, decrepit car finally went to the big junkyard in the sky, but that didn’t stop me from picking more tomatoes at a local farm this weekend. I was quite determined to make one huge batch of tomato sauce before the end of the canning season. I hopped on my scooter and made it...
Canning Tomatoes
It’s been quite chilly at night here, but for the last couple weeks our windows are fogged up late at night with the smell of simmering tomatoes and herbs wafting through the house. Not an uninviting home, but I could due with an earlier bedtime during these shorter days. The winter hiberation cannot begin quite...
Heirloom Tomatoes
My crop of heirloom tomatoes is finally in full swing! They are about three weeks late due to some chilly weather that hung around Portland this Spring. Then tack on another couple weeks from my “oops” this Spring when I realized I hadn’t been giving my seedlings enough hours under the grow light. At several...
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