I have some sad news

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Our son, Javid, passed away yesterday morning, peacefully, in his sleep. Although it was very hard for me, I know he'd been fighting a...

We got our first good freeze, and boy are we harvesting!

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Despite falling off our barn roof, we still got a great, productive (although very weedy!) garden this year. Our plants outdid themselves. Before the...

My first flowers are blooming

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Well, okay, they are the Amaryllis I bought before Christmas. But as much as we enjoy and need bright colors this time of the...

We got a bit of warmer weather

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And Will got nearly all the big sheets of metal barn roofing on. We finished all but the very last big sheet last night....

Rain, rain, and more rain

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We've been dashing around in between raindrops trying to get fall stuff accomplished. No fun when it's in the forties and raining continually. (Will...