by Nancy Meissner | Off Grid Garden
Anybody love sweet corn? All hands go up in our family!!! But we live in a colder climate and often there’s just not time in one growing season for the corn to develop and ripen to harvest. I remember one time soon after we moved to the area, I was... 
by Nancy Meissner | Nancy's Journal
It seems like it takes forever for the winter snow to melt from our garden. As I look at the snow-covered plot in the early spring, it almost feels like our garden is a blank canvas, waiting patiently for the artist to come, pick up a brush, and start adding splashes... by Nancy Meissner | Off Grid Kitchen
Fingerling potatoes are one of our family's favorite varieties of potatoes to grow in our garden. They are long and skinny, but bursting with flavor, unlike many other potatoes. These are more sophisticated lunch or dinner potatoes and they make a great side dish.... 
by Nancy Meissner | Off Grid Garden
Potatoes are one of the very first crops that can be planted in early spring. It’s best to plant seed potatoes 2-3 weeks before the typical last frost date in your area. Potatoes are one of the most valuable and versatile veggies you can grow. Each potato piece... 
by Nancy Meissner | Off Grid Misc
NOTE FROM NICK: My family has SO much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. It has been a tragic year for us. But its also been a year of miraculous preservation and recovery. As my Mom describes in today's post, my Dad's life hung by a thread after a terrible car...