All those great plans
You know, I planned on planting my first pepper seeds last Friday. Well, that didn't happen. I'll tell you why. We've been having a spell of very cold weather, with the daytime temperature reaching...
We woke up to an inch of snow this morning
Our temperatures have been running about 10 degrees below normal — or more. Brrr. When Mittens saw snow on the ground this morning, she made a scrunched up ugly face. She was not happy!...
Canning and building goes forward
With our entire gardens harvested, we switched energy to canning up the produce as quickly as possible. Those twelve big crates of tomatoes on the enclosed back porch are beginning to ripen quite quickly....
The sun is out and the birds are singing
Snow is melting and I can even see grass in the backyard (a tiny bit of grass where David ran the snowblower to the solar panels). I know you are all waiting for spring...
Our fall weather is helping with harvest
I've been very busy the last few days, pulling in more dry beans to shell out. I'm talking about 5-gallon buckets plumb full and several of them. Thank God, my knees have been slowly...