How the garden is growing

Today I went out to the garden to see how it is going. First, let me explain that growing the garden is Larry’s job. I am only a spectator at this point, even though I did help with the planting. My part won’t kick in until it comes time to harvest the produce and can [...]

A time to plant…

I’ve been busy, and haven’t been able to post much. But today I took the whole Saturday to work around the farm with Larry. He had prepared the garden for planting, and today we finished (OK, we are a little late, we know) planting the onions and potatoes and one row of corn. Two more [...]

Peach Pie and Grandma Mable’s Bread

Winter is having her wild way with us this weekend, making another run before Spring ushers her out the door for a few seasons. I’m inside working on research while the snow flies, and decided to make some bread and bake a pie. Now, pie is a problem for me. I’ve never been good at [...]

Spring is here!

 
I’ve been away from blogging for a few days, as I worked on some school assignments and took care of chores. Last weekend I went down to the field and took some fresh photos; you will notice I have a new header picture, with two Mallards and a Goose. The geese and ducks are all [...]

Icebound, redux

This morning we are being assaulted by continued sleet and freezing rain. The frozen precipitation hits the windows and the skylights with a constant pelting, as though someone were throwing rice at the house. Will it ever stop? The radar (I put a link up to the radar – see the weather bug button on [...]