We’re planting, planting, planting like mad

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It's supposed to rain Friday through Tuesday. And as this is the first rain we've had for days, we sure want to get planted...

We’re sure hoping for more rain

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In the meantime, I've begun watering in various gardens and the orchard. That's in between putting tomato cages on a trillion tomato plants. Will...

Things are finally getting back to normal

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The rains have seemed to quit and we're getting more caught up (or is it less behind?). Yesterday and today Will poured cement and...

The sun is out and the birds are singing

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Snow is melting and I can even see grass in the backyard (a tiny bit of grass where David ran the snowblower to the...

And a partridge in a pear tree…

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Okay, here in northern Minnesota, they call Ruffed Grouse "partridge," and the one I saw tonight was in our birch tree in the front...