by Tom | Aug 11, 2018 | Building Community, Podcast
Importance of Building Community Around You In this episode, I am on the road and talking about building community. Humans are social creatures. We are not meant to live in this world alone. Sometimes we do need to “have a little help from our friends.” My...
by Tom | Aug 3, 2018 | Gardening, Homesteading, Podcast
Canning is a lot of fun! Last weekend, I made and canned 15 quarts and 6 pints of Dill Pickles out of produce purchased at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market. It was a lot of fun, and it was a good warm-up for what is going coming in August: harvest season! It is...
by Tom | Aug 1, 2018 | Gardening, Podcast
July is over. Welcome to August! If you have a garden and are growing tomatoes, you might have some big bushy plants that are overcrowding your garden space. This is particularly true if you have cherry tomato plants in your gardens (they tend to get very big and...
by Tom | Jul 26, 2018 | Midweek Motivation, Podcast
Midweek Motivation is a weekly episode featuring the wisdom and stories of host Tommy Cakes. In this episode, Tommy discusses the 3 P’s to Success for projects and major efforts. It is up to you: if you want to have success, you have to plan for it and perform. In...
by Tom | Jul 20, 2018 | Gardening, Podcast
We have hit Mid-July, and we are well beyond that old farm saying “knee high by the 4th of July” for corn. We are on the back half of Stage 2 of the 2018 Garden Season, and it is time for a Mid-July Garden Update. There is a lot happening in the garden, and I can...
