We’re babysitting Buddy
My oldest son, Bill, and his family were going to take a mini-vacation at a Wisconsin Dells Waterpark so they needed someone to dog-sit. As Buddy, an 8 month old chocolate Lab, had been...
We’re still in harvest mode after all these weeks
This afternoon we're going out to dig the last of our potatoes, two 75-foot rows in our old pig pasture. We already have the North Garden and the Main Garden, so instead of continuing...
All of a sudden, spring has sprung
From lows of -5 degrees F just a few nights ago, today's high is supposed to be in the low 60s! Holy cow, that's warming even our nights to the high 40s. Yep, the...
It feels like winter outside
Last night, it dropped to 19 degrees. Holy cow, and it's not Halloween yet! It is supposed to warm up again later this week, but I'll be gone, again taking our friend, Tom, down...
We’ve had several freezing nights
But harvesting and processing goes on. Every day I'm taking seed out of various tomatoes, melons, peppers, and beans, trying hard to save every single one. As this year was our worst gardening year...