It’s hard not to be impatient with healing

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I'm doing exercises three times a day, plus using the leg flexing machine, icing my leg, and going to rehab three times a week so even though I'm not busy with seeds and canning,...

We have our winter’s entertainment

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No, it isn't an iPod, home theater, or other electronic gadget. It's a small kitten named Mittens. This fall, Will and I went to a neighbor's yard sale and noticed a sign for two...

We actually got some Glass Gem corn

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After a long summer of touch and go, I discovered yesterday that we actually had some mature Glass Gem popcorn! Some friends stopped by and we were giving the "tour" of our gardens and...

Our first seeds have popped up

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Of course, they're the earliest petunia seeds, which I planted last week. But it's terribly exciting to see those tiny little seedlings bravely poking up, with two feet of snow, right outside of the...

Making siding from scraps

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David rescued a truckload of ¾" boards from the burn pile at work. They were cuts off of full length cants prior to being run through the mill to make round logs for building...