You are having such success with your bees! Congratulations, with a touch of envy . . . .
Happy Birthday!
Well gee Mart, we were fresh out of baling wire!
I have posted before about hanging garlic and onions on a rope stretched between two cleats on barn beams. I added the red and yellow onions...
A lady stopped by, wanting to buy eggs. She lives down the road from us, but we had never met. I told her we don't sell eggs, but I'd be very...
Today I transplanted a hybrid cucumber and a crookneck squash. They came up volunteer in entirely the wrong spots, so they are moved, watered, and...
Best birthday present ever is one that is wanted, thoughtfully given, and beautiful! May you have many large dinner gatherings at that lovely...
Just because you see a caterpillar on your beloved plant, it may not necessarily be bad. [IMG] Lots of caterpillars become butterflies. We all...
So many people have a terror of snakes, any snakes. However, each year many more snakes are killed by humans than humans by snakes. There are...
Mart, we did have a Merlot, but not from Australia, the home of absolutely fantastic wines! We need to replenish our wine closet, and I'll make...
Snakes? Cayuga, I respect them and keep hands off. A neighbor killed every snake he saw on his property (and even offered to come over here and...
Mart is right--just leave the spiders alone. There is even a spider, an argiope, known as "The gardener's friend" because it devours bad bugs. I'm...
Tonight is a feast! We are having bacon wrapped pork tenderloin, fresh from the garden green beans and baby red potatoes steamed with a bit of...
It is a good day today! On Wednesday we had a hail storm, and when I surveyed the gardens it looked like the cucumbers, squash, and peppers were...
Another reason to garden--gardening teaches you patience and humility. My cucumbers and squash were doing so well until the hail storm hit...
Don't forget to drink water and get a lot of sun. You are basically a houseplant with more complicated emotions.
Okay Cayuga, your post just cured me of complaining about raccoons!
Carolyn, if anyone deserves a super birthday, it is you! Happy Birthday and do enjoy your special day.
We have lived here for 13 years, and in that time the state road that runs in front of our property has been repaved four times. All sorts of...
Sojerd, never argue with a woman holding a sharp object. Cutting peppers is not important enough to lose a discussion with a woman with a knife.
