So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest

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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...

Hail and a tornado…almost

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Our carpenter friend, Tom, was here yesterday, working on our latest addition to the house, which will be a living room and entryway, including a small laundry room. It looked stormy all evening, but...

Frosty mornings make you think of splitting firewood

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There was so much frost on the vehicles this morning when David left for school that he came in and grabbed the digital camera to take a picture. It was in the teens and...

Disturbing National Animal Identification talk now spreading to vegetables in your garden

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Because of lots of public outcry, the NAIS, a government "wonderchild," sponsored largely by large agribusiness type animal/poultry growers, apparently shriveled and came to a standstill last year. The NAIS is basically an animal/poultry...

Fall means winter’s coming

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If you think we've been busy before, you should see us now! We're expecting snow in about three weeks. Snow that'll stay all winter long. So, guess what? We've got to be ready, and...