Homesteading with Jackie Clay
I think I’m finally done planting indoors
Whew! I keep thinking I'm done, then I plant more. I can't seem to help myself, considering the prices at the grocery stores for sub-prime foods. Today, I planted another flat of lettuce and...
I’m still planting seeds
You'd think, after planting seeds since last month, I'd eventually get done. Right? Not so! I've been planting squash, pumpkin, muskmelon, watermelon, and today my brassicas, the cabbage family. A friend works at our...
Our first flowers are blooming
We were quite surprised to see some beautiful white crocus blooming at the base of our lilac bush, on the edge of the front yard. I'm not sure where they came from, as I...
I have most of the tomatoes transplanted
With all of the main crop tomatoes transplanted, I quickly transplanted a few new ones a customer sent me. They had gotten very leggy, due to lack of sun. But, I've found that by...
I think spring has finally sprung
Although it's not really warm and the sun's not shining, the snow's pretty much gone now. Even the plow berms have sunk to pitiful depths and the daylilies and daffodils are popping up, even...
We had our belated Easter get together Sunday
As my oldest son, Bill, was sick last Sunday, he and his family came up this Sunday for our second, belated Easter family get together. My grandson, Mason, who is now 14 and getting...
We finally hit the all time snowfall record
It's official; this morning at 5 AM, Duluth, Minnesota, about 90 miles south of us, broke the all time snowfall record. Now, that's impressive, to say the least! We were secretly hoping we would....
From 78 degrees F down to a near blizzard
Our weather is so Minnesota April. We nearly always get that last big storm, and I was hoping it wouldn't come this year, after we had a week of beautiful warm weather. Our family...
We’re having a heat wave
After sub-zero temperatures a week ago, it doesn't seem possible that it's over 70 degrees F today, with full sun! But we're really enjoying it. Because we built our house on a hill, we...
All of a sudden, spring has sprung
From lows of -5 degrees F just a few nights ago, today's high is supposed to be in the low 60s! Holy cow, that's warming even our nights to the high 40s. Yep, the...
