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...
Spring is officially here — we saw robins today
Will bummed me out this morning. He got up earlier than I did and saw our first robin in the tree in our backyard....
The seminar’s over and we’re back at it
We had a great seminar this past weekend although only Friday was sunny; we had rain all day Saturday and Sunday. But we still...
The seed starting is gearing up, even in below zero temps
I've got all our pepper seeds started and am nearly done with the tomatoes. We had some old squash and pumpkin seeds, some of...
Mittens not only kills mice and rabbits, but weasels too
Our little half-pint kitty, Mittens, has turned out to be a very efficient homestead varmint catcher. She's caught hundreds of mice, voles and shrews,...