Our vegetable gardens are about a month behind. I picked our first lettuces today, and we are usually eating fresh lettuce salads in March. Our...
Carolyn, I haven't found any eggs laying around in the yard--yet. Sjoerd, all our hens have combs, big bright red combs. Having no experience that...
Not only is her artwork functional, just think of the happiness looking at it will bring to the other allotmenteers! Your neighbor is a true...
Netty, is there a law against transporting chickens across national borders for culinary purposes?
The farmer across the road can't contain his livestock. We've had his cows in our yard, a flock of hens come over to seek asylum, and now a...
Cayuga, what a lovely arch! You and your daughter did a great job of installing it. May I suggest that the next time you have to pound T-bars into...
I usually offer my husband "either/or" for dinner. He can choose what he wants and I prepare his choice. We usually have a light dinner, so...
Mart, I don't clean fish. If a friend fishes our stock tank, we get half the catch--gutted out, de-scaled, and headless. I clean vegetables, and...
Like Mart, we plant a small amount of turnips late in the season. The thinnings are sliced and used in salads, and the larger ones, lightly...
Happy Friday to all of you! We had overnight rain, early morning rain, and now a light mist. Our gardens are so happy (and so am I since I don't...
Whoopee! I planted the last of the raised beds this morning. Two kinds of summer squash, cucumbers, and a cherry tomato. I have to admit I am...
Cayuga, I do not butcher squirrels! We don't have squirrels here on the farm--they hang out in the pecan bottoms along the creek about 1/2 mile...
Buddy and Cali like to nap on the porch. Together, very together. [ATTACH]
Netty, both your client and you are so fortunate! Beautiful gardens to maintain, lots of lore and learning for you. For her, seeing her beloved...
Rain is looking so good in the garden this morning! We really needed rain, and today was the day I planned to give everything a good soak. Thank...
My daddy and uncle Dutch would go squirrel hunting in the Wabash bottoms where there were lots of hickory trees to attract the little bushy tailed...
Mart, you forgot to mention your two experienced and helpful hands as garden tools! I love my four pronged cultivator, and Dutch hoe.
We've never had one, and I can't imagine a use for one that isn't already covered by one of our other gardening tools.
Good Monday to you all! When you're retired, Mondays are wonderful days. Logan, we had no side effects of the Covid booster shot. You were...
The tomato trellis went up this morning, so tomorrow I'll be transplanting tomatoes. I still need to manure two raised beds, but that is for...
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