Happy Friday y'all! Today is bring the last of the potted plants to the barn, harvest the last of the annual herbs and cuddle cats day. Hoping...
Today is National Cat Day in the USA. International Cat Day was in July (wouldn't you know cats would have two days a year?) We actually thought...
It looked like a total loser of a day, but we made omething of it anyway. Sjoerd, you truly do make lemonade from lemons! Turning a crummy day...
Cayuga, we have two large flower beds in the front, and by large I mean I don't know their size. We also have six raised vegetable beds, 8'x6',...
Mart, connecting two barrels is a great idea, and some folks have done that. We don't because we have sufficient rainwater storage with our...
Sjoerd, the barrel and the cubes are stationary. They are on cement blocks to raise them enough to get a bucket under the spout. I'm fairly...
We have a 55 gal. plastic barrel (picked up from the recycling station--someone didn't know what to do with it, but we did) that collects...
Cayuga, I give about two thirds of the loaves away--friends who don't bake, friends who can't bake, and the occasional person who does a favor for...
My bread "machine" has two mixer blades--my hands! Husband offered to get me a bread machine, but I make bread in large batches--four, eight, or...
Cayuga, we had a neighbor who believed us when we told him we were buying a stud mule for breeding purposes. He had lived in Texas all his...
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Cayuga, we do share our meals--if not actually, at least virtually! I've picked up ideas from this forum, and my cooking has improved and...
Sjoerd, we live in a "primitive" area. We have once a week trash pickup with a large truck with grabber arms that pick up our bin and dump it...
Kildale, I believe it! You have such a great area for birds--no surprise an eagle showed up. Please, what kind of eagle was it?
Sjoerd, the folks who think up the labeling texts have never seen a chicken, and probably have never been outside! I've had people ask if I have...
[IMG] The front legs are so much more tender--hardly need chewing at all!
Kildale, we just put out our suet feeders, mainly for the woodpeckers. Each time I decide to bring in the hummingbird nectar feeders, one or two...
Oh wow, I woke up to 48 degrees this morning! After feeding the hens and opening the outside coop, I scurried inside to a cup of hot coffee. I'm...
I was digging out compost this morning, and admiring our volunteer fall garden. In one compost pile we have two Roma tomato plants thriving, and...
Hope you all are looking forward to a great weekend! We are--tomorrow husband starts building a cabinet for our bathroom remodel, and I'm planting...
