Despite our latest snowstorm, my first peppers are up
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
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
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?
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
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...