I have never understood someone who goes out to eat and then says, “That was the best steak I’ve ever had!” A steak is a steak, right? And a tomato is a tomato. Or so I thought until Pete Guckenberg of rural Omro gave me an heirloom tomato he grew from seeds given to [Continue]
September is second in time spent on garden chores only to the frenzied planting month of May. There are fruits, vegetables and herbs to be harvested and hours spent canning, preparing for freezing, or dehydrating. Those are the things you have to do this month; you can’t put it off and to forgo those [Continue]
Your co-worker gives you a nice juicy tomato from her garden. Should you hurry to the break room and put it in the refrigerator until you go home? Your neighbor puts a half dozen zucchini on your porch and runs away. You are scheduled for three days of vacation and don’t have time to deal [Continue]