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Journey, I have a dwarf and a regular variety of the pink centered ones. They just bloomed within the past week. So pretty!

I really don't know Steve. That one isn't blooming right now and I didn't give it a sniff when I was looking at it.

I have never lived anywhere with daffodils before now and I am loving all the beautiful and different types that have come up here this year. I've counted about 15 different varieties so far and I have one very large clump that is just about to bloom so I'm not sure if it is yet another kind or...

That's it! Thanks!

Can anyone identify this tree from the blooms? I keep seeing these along the road here in southern Virginia and they are beautiful right now! We found a couple on the edge of some of our woods and I would love to have more. One of ours is a lighter pinky purple and the other is a deeper purple...

I haven't read the article you are quoting Steve, so I can't comment on that. I'm not sure what your point is about the mom's comment. If they have been living at sea for the past seven years, they have dealt with having a baby on board since they also have a three year old. So how far do you...

I don't think they were irresponsible nor do I think taking small children on that voyage was a poor decision. They seemed to be knowledgable about living at sea. The article I read said that they had been living at sea for the past seven years. When something went wrong, and what I have read is...

Anyone else have this? I have some in my herb garden and it's a very cool onion. I cut off some of the tips and use it like scallions. Do the bulbs ever get very big? We didn't have a whole lot last year so I didn't want to dig any up but it has spread pretty well so far this year so I might...

Thing are growing well in the greenhouse. I've never had so much space to start seedlings where they are nice and protected. Well... protected from most things. Something has gotten in there in the past week and rummaged through my spinach flat and eaten a lot of those seeds. When I went out...

I've had them before and they did very well. I'm growing several different paste tomatoes this year but that isn't on the list this time.

I got the planting box cleaned out and a few more flats of seeds started in the last few days. Today, I roped my kids into helping me start to clear out the beds around the greenhouse and pull some of the grass and stuff out of the garden space near the greenhouse. Here are a few views of the...

It is very nice to be so close to my parents. I didn't have any extended family near when I was growing up in Alaska. I can probably count on both hands the number of times I remember visiting grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I am very glad that my kids are able to have a close...

I also love my stick blender. Other than that I would say my food processor gets the most work. During harvest/canning season, my food mill also gets a good workout.

We are thrilled to have such a great property for our farm. In California, we were on 9.5 acres with about 6 of that being pasture. We had chickens, sheep, and goats there. It's amazing to have the kind of space we have now. We raise our animals in a pasture-based, organic way and we hope to...

I planted a couple flats with some spinach and lettuces yesterday. I'm so tired of the poor quality produce available in the local grocery store. I'm going to harvest those flats for baby spinach and lettuce so we at least have something decent to eat until the rest of my veggies start...

Most of my beans are doing very well but a couple aren't doing so hot. Any idea what is up with these two? The top one still has leaves developing but the bottom one does not. Here is the whole tray:

Rhubarb coffee cake! That sounds fantastic!

I have in the past but most of my family doesn't care for goat cheese. Most of our milk is consumed as is and some is made into yogurt. My husband wants us to get a dairy cow as he doesn't like goat milk all that much. I told him that I'm not doing that much milking again unless I have a good...

Yep, it has a fantastic tartness to it. I always like my pie and jam with straight rhubarb rather than adding other fruits to it. I'd like to find some other things to do with it even though I could eat rhubarb pie every week and not get sick of it.

Has anyone ever done much with the berries from an autumn olive? We have these trees everywhere on our property and I really like the berries when they are properly ripe. I've read that jelly made from the juice tends to separate after a short time but I really want to try it anyway. Last year...