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September 24, 2023 | Canning, Orchard | No Comments

My little Honeycrisp apple tree outdid itself this year, producing so many apples its branches were drooping from…

September 4, 2023 | Orchard | 1 Comment

We have a number of apple trees here are our acreage, and several of them are producing apples…

September 4, 2023 | Gardening | No Comments

I really love sweet potatoes. Before we ever moved to the country, I had a lot of favorite…

August 26, 2023 | Orchard | 2 Comments

"I'll only have a few chips" "I'll get school supplies early this year" "I'll thin those apples later…

I love my sour cherry trees, and am happy to eat some of the cherries out of hand,…

March 25, 2023 | Orchard | 1 Comment

I was so excited when I first discovered that there are hardy pear trees for zone 3! Pears…

We grow a lot of squash. Our first couple of years here, we discovered that squash seems to…

September 18, 2022 | Canning, Root Cellar and Food Storage | 26 Comments

This weekend, I started experimenting with canning with glass lids on my Gem jars. In Canada, especially Western…

September 1, 2022 | Gardening | No Comments

It's that time of year again, where we are drowning under the weight of the vegetables we planted…

June 19, 2022 | Gardening | No Comments

Asparagus is a big favorite in my family. In the beginning, it was just me who really loved…

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