Sunday, February 27, 2011. We should have most of what is needed for drying our produce already in our kitchen. What we may be lacking is relatively inexpensive, easy to find and reusable. We can dry all of our fruits and vegetables using little or no electricity or gas in the process. Decide what you are drying and how much.

Sunday, August 24, 2008. What Causes Tomatoes to Split and Crack? Every tomato on our bushes showed some evidence of cracking or splitting. I had seen this before after a rain and in late season tomatoes that lost foliage. In this instance we still have a lot of foliage. On the plants and experienced a week of intermittent. Rain showers after a drought. I wrongly attributed the cracking to rain. That is not exactly correct. Sunday, July 13, 2008. They say spider mite attacks .

Saturday, August 9, 2008. We thought we would modify this recipe using blueberries instead of cranberries. The cranberry pudding recipe came to us from our good friend Gary who raved about it when we started framing the barn during Christmas 2006. Heat the oven to 400F. All ingredients and serve hot.