Finally, our rains have begun
After two months of drought, we are getting periodic rains. Whew, it sure was dry! In the North garden (where we can't water) the ground was cracked like Death Valley. Yep, crops out there...
The sun is out and the birds are singing
Okay, so it's only -6 degrees but that's okay. With the sun shining brightly, our solar panels are charging like mad, and it actually feels warmer than it is. What a huge improvement over...
Nice weather equals busy us
We've finally got nice spring weather with temperatures in the sixties and even seventies. So, guess who's working until dark every night? We're behind as spring came late for us. We even had a...
And I thought I was done planting peppers
I had forgotten to look in the bin that has customer-donated heirloom seeds! Oops! Well, I did and found four interesting, new-to-us peppers, two sweet and two hot. Of course I must plant them...
With the help of friends, we got 275 tomatoes planted in one day
My friends, Dara, her daughter-in-law, Grace, and Heather came over yesterday morning and by mid-afternoon, we had not only planted all of the tomato varieties we'll be growing this year but also got four...