I made a big pot of chili today, and worked on a quilt. Returning home from a grocery trip, the big SUV in front of me slowly turned into a busy...
Today I cleaned out the hen house and duck house, and gave them both a fluffy layer of clean straw. [ATTACH] The old straw went onto two...
That sounds wonderful
Rainy all day. Even Rufus didn't want to walk So no garden work today.
At the opposite end of the spectrum - the newest apple instead of historic apples - Washington State just named its newest one. Sunflare. Nice...
That's amazing, roses blooming at Christmas!
He's been busy!
I've been hoping for rain that would keep me inside. Break from garden chores. And here it is. Pretty mild, so far. [ATTACH] The hen house...
Actually, Sjoerd, it's complicated. I've read many versions. Gravenstein could be German or French, or.. From this report - "Gravenstein is one...
I thought we were headed into another atmospheric river, but today was pretty nice. I walked Rufus for a mile. He decided it was time to return...
Thanks @Pacnorwest for the interesting article. I used to be a member of Oregon's "Home Orchard Society". Each year, they had a scion exchange,...
I pruned two more apple trees. One is a Jonathan, with a graft of Airlie Red Flesh. The other is Gravenstein, with the same graft for...
On the kitchen clutter, We've gone through a lot of cleaning that up over the past nine months. Some of it collected because I'm very frugal...
Sorry about posting about the hen funeral here. I meant it for a more appropriate thread. I did a little digging today. There were lots of...
This sounds great! Developing tasty, disease resistant varieties is a big deal. I hope it works out.
I finished pruning the Jonagold apple tree. It was sold twenty years ago as a dwarf. It easily grows twenty feet tall. Probably more, if I let...
Such a beautiful place.
@Oreti that's quite the storm!
Than you Sjoerd. I keeps me occupied and something to play with.
The charity food pantry here leaves large heavy paper bags for people to fill with canned and dry foods for the hungry. I made a trip to the...
