Old hat, zone 4, cold climate garden blog.

This morning our New York State Ag inspector paid us an unannounced visit just as he does each year. The state likes to keep tabs on us and this is only one way they do it.First since we are a business we are obligated to collect state sales tax. We keep track and file paper [...]

Today was the day for snakes.  We met this lady on our walk today.  She was very curious and wanted to get right up to the camera.  There were about a million peepers in the area and she looked like she was ready for supper but still took the time to check us out   For [...]

The combination of cool temperature and strong sun made this a perfect day in the greenhouse. Outside it was about 60 f while inside the hoop house it was about 75 f with the fans running all day. The smaller house stayed about 70 f with just the door open but the best part was [...]