Recent content by Ohiosam

Do a soil test now, get the fertility, especially pH where it needs to be now. Plant in the spring. If there’s varying elevation on the property avoid the low spots because of frost. Apples and cherries require cross pollination so you need at least 2 varieties of those. For a small orchard I’d...

Many of you use pressure canners. I’ll admit I didn’t know this was a thing. While this is local to my area if you contact your local extension office you might find something close.

Thanks. We grow about 9-10 acres every year. It’s hard to say how many seeds because we grow so many different kinds (about 40-50) and the seeds vary a lot in size. We retail almost everything, most are pick your own. We get pretty good crowds in the fall.

Stay on her good side 😂

First one in years.

They’re cool rifles. If you haven’t seen it Othias did a nice review of them.

A couple weeks ago I was at a drive thru window and the girl carelessly dropped the change in the general direction of my hand resulting in about half the coins (30-40 cents) hitting the ground. I looked down and there was a bunch of coins there. No room to open the door, and no offer to give me...

If you go to Amish country remember everything is closed on Sundays.

I’ve seen at least 5 different groundhogs on my farm this year. 3 in 2 days this week. I haven’t seen that many in years😲

Not sure if anyone has been following the efforts to remove suppressors from the NFA. It looked promising but because of some sell-out Republicans that might not happen. Right now it’s looking like the $200 tax might be dropped but they will remain as an NFA item with all the background checks...

It will probably change

I have a friend, very devout Catholic, that is in Italy this week for a long scheduled trip. I’m curious how this will affect his trip? Might be an interesting time to be in Rome.