How to successfully harvest, cure and store squash for peak flavor and storability September 21, 2023It's time! If you have Uncle David's Dakota Dessert squash-- now's the time to harvest!Ā We planted our squash in two locations on May 23 and May 31 this year....
Our first ripe watermelon of the season! How to pick the perfect melon!! August 25, 2023Sweet Dakota Rose Watermelon Patch Our first ripe watermelon!Nothing is more disappointing then picking your beautiful melon too early-- before its prime. Meaning you watermelon won't have peak ripe color...
How to make homemade sauerkraut-- quick and easy fermenting! August 13, 2023This is how the original homesteaders preserved their cabbage harvestā homemade sauerkraut! The only ingredients needed are salt and cabbage! Harvest your cabbage and discard the outer leaves to remove...
How to Defend Your Squash: 13 Strategies to Combat the Vine Borer July 29, 2023The squash vine borer-- scientific name (Melittia cucurbitae). AKA-- well... can't say that in polite company! Here's a pic! Adult squash vine borer-- Figure credit: Brian Caldwell, Cornell University .The...
Weeds gone wild? 4 steps for tackling outta' control garden weeds! July 14, 2023Your garden was looking so promising! THEN... you had to be goneāthat family wedding, a couple weeks at the lake, whatever it was. Bottom lineāthe weeds exploded while you had...
Our struggle to save, protect and nourish this heirloom Chestnut crabapple tree June 14, 2023MyĀ FAVORITE tree is a crabapple treeāa Chestnut crab. It's right in my front yard by the sidewalk.Ā Developed by the University of Minnesota it was released in 1946. It's an...