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They can probably grow for another month or so out there, but the 'Chantenay Red' carrots are living up to their true form today -...

Look who’s owning the homepage this week - @Shades-of-Oregon! Your photo just snagged POW! 🎉📸

Caught this deer peeking round a tree at me while working in my garden. I bet she was waiting for me to move so she could swoop in snd...

I’ve grown Chantenay Red Cored quite frequently. It’s always stump-nosed like yours but often somewhat longer. It’s a friendly carrot...

Yes, it would probably help me conserve seeds too. Every year I winnow lettuce I have so many lettuce seedlings on that ground come...

@Oxford The source of my Schneebone seeds is the Deaflora store. German shop, German name, so I assumed the bean came from Germany. When...

it really is raining this evening. we really need it so this is good with me.

@heirloomgal, this year I only opened the pods a little from the top so that the moisture inside could evaporate faster. That was all I...

it really is raining this evening. we really need it so this is good with me.

The temperature drops quickly and early this year, and it also rains a lot. I will have three days off from tomorrow, and time to...

We have mostly gone to paste and freezing in recent years. Mortar and pestle used for both dry and fresh...

This year, the young fruit trees start offering decent harvest :love The very first pear and almond tart with homegrown pears I...

some of them can be harder than others. :) the spikes are rather dangerous on some of them. can you describe what you did with them...