Sjoerd, I must ask--please, what is "massaman curry"? It sounds interesting and perhaps I can find the ingredients to make it.
My dear meat man at the local grocery saved a small ham for me, so we are having some of it tonight with new red potatoes from the garden, a pear...
Watch out, Tooty! Squirrels have a way of getting revenge, mostly by making holes in your roof, or tearing down feeders! (This is a post by...
Mart, I agree about avoiding cottonmouths--they are not the nicest snake. We are always very careful when walking or mowing around the pond since...
Cayuga, if that photo doesn't do the iris justice, I may not be able to survive a photo that does! They are so lovely, so tranquil somehow.
Carolyn, we also have hammers, and I keep a five pound mallet in the barn, but so far duct tape and wire are doing the job! Sjoerd, I'm so sorry...
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...
