We had our first Monarch visit today. The local paper had an article saying that Texas would have more Monarchs than usual. Okay by me! We've had...
Onions and potatoes are pretty care free after the first month when they have to be weeded. Swiss chard is very easy, and if the older leaves get...
Happy Birthday! May you eat well, enjoy your day, and have many, many more.
This is an especially good morning! Our national public radio station plays a "march of the day" daily, and of course with this being the month of...
Jerry, I'm sure the chickens would love rice boiled in wine, but I am NOT going into a coop of hens, looped out on wine. They have beaks and a...
Toni, Plan B is to have a dozen bottles in the pantry. No wineless weeks around here!
Eileen, well, a month's supply is a 30 day supply . . . .
Don't I look just ducky?
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Eileen, the ruby throats do nest around here. We've never seen a nest on our property, but I see them come out of the trees along the fence line....
We had our first hummingbird visit briefly today. It was a ruby throat, and I nearly broke a leg getting a feeder filled with nectar and hung...
The predicted rain yesterday didn't show up, so I spent a morning watering the on-coming vegetables. I had lots of help from two of the...
I refuse to eat chicken fried steak--if you have to beat a steak to death and then bread and fry it, just give it to the dog. I can't stomach raw...
Netty, I am so envious of your "haul" at the garden section! I'm with you on the clean-up since I didn't do nearly as much as I should have last...
It's Saturday, so that means "plant the squash day" is upon us. You know the old joke about tossing squash into passing cars? Well, I don't have...
After an intensive search, I finally located six-packs of the tomatoes I wanted. Unfortunately, the store had only one six-pack of Romas, so I...
Checking in late now, but the weather was good today with temps in the mid 60's and no noticeable wind so we were outside most of the day. I...
Perfect caption for a hilarious photo--congratulations!
Three rows of green beans went into the garden this morning. All that sifted compost went in, too. Oh goody, now I get to shovel and sift compost...
