The Gardens Start

As of last night, the gardens are all tilled.   A number of the starts have been brought outside to start hardening off (tomatos, eggplant, tomatillos, tobacco, celery, and leeks). The horseradish I planted last year is coming back nicely (can be seen in the far garden in the top photo). I also started some of the planting. The historic corn and sunflowers are in.  This year is a Seneca White Flint corn year in my rotation...

BOOKS!!!!

Hello, I am Isaac W. and I am addicted to books… a bookaholic… Hmm… a bibliophile. Anyway, I just received two new books and am very excited. The first of these books is the English translation of Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth Century Montreal by Louise Dechene. I have borrowed this book through Interlibrary loan for research before, but it is just too full of great information on life in New...