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Cucumbers are not all the same
Every year we choose a vegetable to explore the different cultivars of hoping for a better results or different experience. This year it is cucumbers. As per our method of making sure we have enough plants for our fields we have started extra seedlings. With our...
Repairing an old iron handled whisk
I have been asked to repair an old worn out whisk. I like this sort of challenge. The ability to easily take images as I take apart the puzzle makes it easier to create the new piece. We have a few stocks of sorghum left from last years crop. Most of the crop has...
Early spring starts 2024
Our first spring veg starts are Elisa Craig onions. A lovely Scottish sweet onion of large size and the cornerstone of Scottish Cusine. Started very early using our south windows it was not long before they were sprouted and up. From there we put them into our 18...
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potato Serendipity While wandering around in Quality's greenhouse a few years ago, We couldn't resist the sight of some short season sweet potato.....their verdant foliage beckoned us over and we couldn't resist buying a couple of each cultivar. We...
Kung Hei Fat Choy
May you have a prosperus year of the Dragon. Lunar New Year's Day is auspicious to begin another year here at RR7 Farmstead. We have already begun to plant some early spring starts. Under light in the south window of our house. We will have hardened-off-bedding...
mushroom log demo at church
Mushroom logs are flushing again this spring. We have sold a few logs and some mushrooms. We are going to the . Gibsons Market at the St.Mary's Catholic Church Hall on Tuesday the 5th for a demo at 1 pm. See you there.