We knew rain was coming so we’ve been working extra hard

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We live every day by our weather radio. We listen to it first thing every morning and the last thing in the evening. In this way, we have a pretty good handle on what...

Our cold weather is back

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But we're not complaining. We know you folks back East are suffering record-breaking snowfalls with nowhere to put it all. Been there. We know where you're coming from. Luckily, our winter has been great,...

Q and A: doing chores in freezing weather and frozen strawberries

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Doing chores in freezing weather I have been following your temperatures almost daily and I wonder how you do your chores with such very cold temps. Must be a challenge. And how do your chickens...

Our fall rains have arrived

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And boy, the rain does slow down things ripening in the garden. We should have crates of ripe tomatoes right now, but there are really very few — just enough to eat, cook with,...

We’re struggling with a heat wave

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Will and I are hard workers and all, but we both really can't handle the heat well. It's been in the 90's for several days now and boy, are we ever panting as we...