Summers in Upstate New York seem to have more hot weather than when we first bought our Lakehouse 21 years ago, and the winters are...

DAYLILIES accompany the warm weather of July in the Finger Lakes. The roadsides along Keuka Lake and Skyline Drive down the spine of...

TAProots Farm had its first GOOSEBERRY harvest today. Gooseberries are in the Ribes family with currents, and are popular in the British...

A major project at TAProots farm this year is the replanting of the raspberry patch, with had declined in productivity as the bushes aged...

The monotonous Florida SUMMER of scorching heat and high humidity has settled on the Florida Home, prompting our relocation to TAProots...

The last day of our visit to the Canada Farm included a visit to the grain farmers who lease our three quarter sections, with about 310...

A visit to our farm in Nampa, Alberta was finally possible after two years of COVID, when travel to Canada was not allowed. The land has...

Spring at the Florida Garden has been drawn out, thankfully, with some days in the mid-80’s for temperature then returning to days with...

The BLUEBERRY PICKING has begun in our Florida Garden. The blueberry patch currently consists of three rows each fifty feet long. One...

April brings SPRING PLANTING into high gear. Gainesville is clearly a gardening “hotspot”, with numerous garden shops, local breeders of...

Spring planting in the Florida Garden entails the replacement of annuals and tender perennials that did not survive the several nights of...

CAMELLIA SINENSIS is the fourth variety of camellia in our Florida Garden, but has rather modest white flowers with yellow stamens around...

A LATE SPRING FROST came to the Florida Garden on March 12. North Central Florida had already suffered through several hard freezes in...

It is now pollen season in our FloridaGarden. The various oak species, mostly live, water, and laurel, are in full bloom, leaving all...