I have some sad news

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Our son, Javid, passed away yesterday morning, peacefully, in his sleep. Although it was very hard for me, I know he'd been fighting a good fight for a few years now and was very...

The sun’s out and the birds are singing

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Well, at least some of the birds are singing. Our temperatures are in a warming trend now and boy are we ever glad. We're already into our second year's firewood. (We try to keep...

All those great plans

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You know, I planned on planting my first pepper seeds last Friday. Well, that didn't happen. I'll tell you why. We've been having a spell of very cold weather, with the daytime temperature reaching...

We’re already getting ready for spring

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Besides getting our seeds lined up and my garden notebook worked on, we're also figuring out how to make our five acres of gardens easier to work as we're not getting any younger. (My...

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We're getting snow Not much, but it's our first snow of the year and it's not sticking to anything. Yet. This is much later than our usual first snow here in Northern Minnesota. We usually...