Q and A: fruit tree recommendation and life of canned food

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Fruit tree recommendation I live in Central Oregon in a high desert, where we have cold long winters and hot summers. I would like to have a peach tree; do you have any recommendations for...

The sun’s out and the birds are singing

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Well, at least some of the birds are singing. Our temperatures are in a warming trend now and boy are we ever glad. We're already into our second year's firewood. (We try to keep...

We’re back from Montana

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After traveling nearly 3,000 miles round trip, David and I finally arrived home on Saturday evening. We were both pooped as both of us have a nasty summer cold! But we had a great...

Did you see the total lunar eclipse Wednesday?

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  Okay, so my photo leaves something to be desired.  I was excited and obviously I wasn't too steady for the long exposure.  But WOW!  There was a bell-clear sky and a huge, nearly full...

Food time at Jackie and Will’s homestead

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It just dawned on me this morning -- our entire homestead is about food right now! Will is hauling in the last of our round bales of hay for the animals. We are madly...