My little plastic greenhouse is working fine

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I was wondering how my little cheap indoor plastic greenhouse would work — both to grow tender plants and to keep Mittens out of them. I have to report success on both fronts. The...

Will’s friend, Christian, joins our homestead

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Christian had been planning on attending our seminar. But when he was suddenly faced with a housing screw-up, we invited him to join us for however long he wished to stay. Will and I...

The signs of spring are all around us

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Even though when you look at my front flower bed, heaped with dirty snow, ice, and some wood ashes and say "yuck," if you really look closely, you'll see little daffodils coming up. I...

We’re having to reduce our watering

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Although our gardens sure need it, we've had to reduce our watering as the hole below David's cabin will only support ½ hour running of two sprinklers once a day now and our barn...

Slowly, slowly, I’m getting better

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It seems like yesterday when I got my knee replacement, but when I look at the calendar, it's been twenty days. Wow, how time flies! I've still got quite a bit of pain but...