Our first turkey egg of the year!
Yesterday when I was gathering chicken eggs, I came across a strange egg under the roosting area. Could it be? Yes...it was a little pointed on one end, kind of big. Speckled, too. A...
My daughter from India, now living in Ohio, is here for a visit
We picked her up down at son, Bill's on Thursday and drove on home after a nice visit there. She's not a dog/cat person, so we all had to do some adjusting, including the...
The horse pasture gets a renovation
You'll remember that last fall when Will was here for a two week visit, he took our bulldozer and rough-cleared 2/3 of our horse pasture (which had been young poplar woods before that). During...
Q and A: slugs and headspace in canning jars
Slugs
Help! My garden is being eaten alive by slugs! I've tried making yeast traps (hot water, yeast, a bit of sugar) and that does seem to attract them, but there are still many more...
Our trailer/bridge gets dismantled and I’m doing germination tests on seeds
On the nicer days of this late winter season, Will and I have been out dismantling our new, old mobile home. Boy what a mess! We're salvaging a lot; some interior paneling for the...