I had a great trip out west with Bill and his family
My oldest son, Bill, and his family invited me to go with them on a trip to Yellowstone National Park and parts of Montana, so even though I still have tons of harvesting/canning/seed saving...
After a lengthy drought, we just got three inches of rain and it isn’t...
We woke up to thundering rain this morning. It had rained all night and now, in the afternoon it's still raining. Gloomy except for we know that, finally, our drought of all summer has...
We knew rain was headed our way, so we planted, planted, planted
Yesterday was a butt buster, for sure. It was a beautiful, partly cloudy day in the sixties, but rain was forecast for today. So, both Will and I were very busy gardening. I set...
It’s dry, dry, dry
We've been hurrying to get everything planted in all the gardens as we hope rain will come (eventually) and things will take off as the soil sure is warm. Will got busy and fenced...
Holy cow, spring’s sure busy
I've been planting our melons, squash, and pumpkins inside. We do this as we have such a short growing season that by planting four or five weeks ahead of our frost-free spring date, we...