So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest
Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've been especially thrilled with our Hansen's Bush Cherries. The fruit...
I’ve had fun looking at back issues of Backwoods Home Magazine
As I have to spend a lot of time lying down to keep my "surgery" leg from swelling down to the foot, I've been reading a bunch of old BHM magazines. I have the...
Our first robin arrived today
I was so jealous of my sisters, Sue and Deb. Both had flocks of robins arriving in their yards. Us? Nada. But today our first one arrived, and we were so thrilled! Will was...
Time to transplant those little seedlings
It's hard to believe that those little seedlings are already big enough to transplant! But that's the way they grow. Just like kids. I'm beginning to transplant from the flats they grew in to...
It’s supposed to freeze tonight
Holy cow! Yes, we're pretty much picked out in the gardens. But there's still a lot to go. Unfortunately, Will had a farm auction to go to at our neighbors' house today. Then Brad,...