If you pick a sunny, warm, not very windy day, the bees are too busy gathering nectar or pollen to bother with a person. We wear veils because...
We spent Sunday harvesting and extracting honey: [img] Frames filled with honey ( photo / image / picture from marlingardener's Garden )...
Yes, I found that out the hard way--yellow fingers! Glad your cukes are doing well, and I wish you good luck with your dills.
Bunkie, thank you for the information, and so quickly, too! We moved the drier closer to the house--rain is forecast for this afternoon and we...
Sjoerd, have you been listening to Garrison Kieller's Lake Woebegon on the radio? Your sounds like his However, your allotment looks great, and...
Bunkie, did you use canning jars like Kerr or Ball? I have a bunch of small jelly jars, Kerr I think, that I hoped to put the dried tomatoes in....
Sherry, what a wonderful photo! Keep this up, and Kildale will have a rival!
Donna, when I saw the weather report this morning, I immediately thought of you. So happy that the damage was minimal, and that the storm is...
When I saw how expensive sun-dried tomatoes are in the grocery, I decided to make more of our own. I had made a small batch a couple of years ago,...
First, you figure out what a "cubit" is . . . . (Sorry, couldn't resist, but I'm not making fun of your plight.)
Wish your weather would co-operate and give you a break! How awful for you :'( .
Netty, these are "front yard cows." Many ranchers around here have two or three longhorns out in front of their houses--just for show. Some do the...
Here in Texas it is legal to buy and set off fireworks for the 4th of July, and for New Year's Eve. If there is no burn ban in effect, fireworks...
Toni, you are right--possibly getting a bullcalf was not a joint decision, but then so many of our life-changing, fun, and interesting...
Hank, we thought Dilemma was a bullcalf, but she turned out to be a heifer. Lucky for her--bullcalves often end up on someone's dinner table! If...
Donna, it isn't nice to get a cat "potted"!
Cheryl, Reba is bored by us. She just stands and stares into the distance when I sweet-talk her. Dilemma is still calf-skittish, but BBB is a big...
Hank reminded me I hadn't posted about Reba and Dilemma, the next-door longhorn cattle, in a while. Here they are: [img] Dilemma has grown! (...
Happy Birthday, and may you have many more so we can be amazed and pleased by your wonderful photos.
I had picked up so many good recipes from the web (and so very many from this site) that I had to have two ring binders--one for main dishes, and...
