Our little goat cottage is nearing completion

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We've been busy with the garden, among other projects, and the weather has been hot, hot. But finally our little goat cottage is nearly...

Q and A: chicken broth and salty soil

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Chicken broth My daughter works in a restaurant that prepares rotisserie chicken every day. She asked them to save the bones for her, and brought...

The pin cherries are ripe

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We've been watching the pin cherries on our ridge for several weeks, and finally they are ripe. The birds have been getting into them,...

It’s finished! Plants are in the greenhouse.

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Will installed the wall heater in the new greenhouse and screwed down the last board on the last bench. So on Saturday, I began...

There’s beauty outside even when the high is -18 degrees

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Sure it's cold, but the sun's out and it looks beautiful today. We had 40 mph winds with snow yesterday and there's lots of...