I had mostly hand-me-down toys from my 2 older brothers. So I was quite happy if they still worked by the time I got them. But when I was about 13...
I usually plant one Early Girl and one Better Boy. The Eary one gives me maters by July 4th and the Better Boy keeps me going until first frost....
I am very disapointed with my tomato plants this year. I have a Better Boy and an Heirloome Beefsteak that haven't anything hardly. Maybe only a...
Wooley Bears are catapillars that are brown and black that have hair on them. Folk lore says that they predict the winter weather. Usually they...
Haven't seen and Wooley Bears yet. And we have had mice in the basement, so they are coming in from outside. This week was unseasonably cool. Lows...
As much as I hate to say it, there is a change in the summer settings. I was out mowing along the driveway this morning and I noticed several...
Finally got all of the crap from the storm damage cleaned up in the yard. I have been splitting firewood the past 3 days, so that it has a chance...
And all done without a swear word or obcene gesture!
The Hallmark channel has had an I Love Lucy marathon on all day to celebrate her 100 th birthday. Most I had seen before, but some I hadn't.
The rain is past us now, and I checked the rain guage. Another inch of new rain. That makes a total of 2 inches so far since Monday.
So far August has been weird weather. Normally Aug. is hot and dry here. We had the storm Mon. and now this morning early we have had rain again....
Yep straight line winds!
Up until about 5 years ago, it was unusual to get that type of storm anytime. I use the yard tractor to move the bigger stuff, and some it has to...
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We had one med sized limb land on the roof, but only dinged the one roof vent. No damage to the shingles. I am posting pics in the gallery.
Monday evening about 5 pm we had a small storm (size wise) come through. Everything only lasted about 20 minutes. But in that time we had high...
On August 6th Licille Ball from I Love Lucy, would have been 100 years old if she were alive. Unbeleivable.
Have a big slow cooker of spaghetti sauce cooking since 7 am. Had a bunch of Roma grape tomatos that were doing nothing but setting around, so I...
Is there a funny tale from your childhood that you would like to share? I'll start. We moved to the 150 acre farm in 1950 when I was halfway...
After almost 2 weeks in the high 90's and low 100's it's cooled off a little. Three days with highs in the mid 80's and low humidity, actually...
