Despite our latest snowstorm, my first peppers are up

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Yep, ANOTHER snowstorm! The weather radio, which we live by, is calling for a major winter storm with up to 14 inches of blowing,...

Sometimes it’s time to quit

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Well, not quit, quit, but hang 'er up for awhile to regroup.  Let me explain.  Yesterday afternoon was a gorgeous fall day.  The...

With all the fabulous rhubarb, I’m busy canning again

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This morning, after weeding and tucking in stray tomato branches, I decided I'd better cut the seed heads from our best rhubarb plants. (We...

If you think zero is cold, how about -39° F?

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Yep, Saturday morning, our dependable weather station thermometer registered -39! We'd been expecting cold temperatures, so we were prepared for it but holy cow,...

Our weather is like a roller coaster

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One day it's 58 degrees and sunny and the next it's 8 degrees and cloudy with snow and wind. It's hard to plan, for...