Our rains are here, in full force

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All I've got to say is "Yuck!" We're madly trying to continue our harvest but it's nearly impossible when it's pouring rain every day. I've still got plenty of dry bean seed to harvest...

Our full moon was a “snow moon”

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According to the weather station, our full moon this month was called the Snow Moon. I just had to go outside to try and get some photos. It was harder than photographing the Wolf...

Q and A: learning to make cheese, dandelion syrup, and starting seeds in peat...

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Learning to make cheese I would really like to try a cheese making class. One where you spend the whole day or weekend actually making the cheese, not just watching someone do it. I live...

It’s been a different week

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I've been busy cleaning out my raspberry-choked flower beds in the front yard, getting ready to renew them. Around here, wild raspberries are among the worst of weeds, spreading by underground rhizomes, popping up...

And it’s still raining…

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Gee, this is getting kind of old. It's supposed to rain for the next week, with only a day's break with "cloudy" weather (which also usually means rain). Although it's been hard to finish...