I thought that beans were strictly self-pollinating...until this year!  While shelling my dry beans, I noticed some that looked like this: ...

Book Review: The Alternative Kitchen Garden an A-Z by Emma Cooper The author of this book started a weekly podcast called "The Alte...

Remember all those cherries that I washed, pitted, and canned way back in June?  All 18 lbs?  I was so proud to use my new Weck jars. On t...

Such a pretty little butterfly.  Such a destructive little larvae!  Cabbage worms abound on my brassicas this year, so I just purchased a ro...

Lucy, the Barred Rock, laid her first egg on Monday morning at about 10:30am!  It was perfectly formed and weighed 1.5 ounces - putting it i...

Most people at the recent Carmel City Council meeting were in favor of changing the current ordinance and allowing a few hens within city li...

The next tomato up on the chopping block is Black Zebra. Seed Catalog Description : A natural and stabilized cross between Green Zebra ...