The sun’s out and it’s warming up

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We are so tickled to have quite a bit of sun lately. I can't praise our new lithium-ion batteries enough. We replaced our old lead-acid batteries (golf cart batteries) a couple months ago and...

Grandson Drew is up from St. Paul

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He brought a load of his things up to the house David built. David and his family bought a house in Chisholm, a town about 20 miles southwest of us, making it closer to...

I’ve started plotting out our gardens for this year

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Before the plotting, I'm still busy seeding out our squash, especially our favorite, Hopi Pale Grey. Will's whining for pumpkin pie made from it, so we'll see… Even though we'll still be raising a bunch...

Wow, today it warmed up to 1 degree above zero!

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I drove to the post office to mail seeds this morning after chores, figuring I'd make a trip to the 25-mile-away town of Virginia afterward, to do a little shopping. Nothing major, you understand,...

We’re preparing for a nasty stretch of weather

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Right now, it's -23 and blowing snow sideways. It isn't like it was unexpected as they were forecasting arctic cold for nearly a week now. That was good as it gave us plenty of...