Finally, we got rain!

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Yesterday we got a blessed ¾ inch of nice, steady rain. No hail. No strong winds. No torrential downpour. And to make it better, we're supposed to get some more this week too. (We'll...

I’m finally sending out seed orders

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I usually begin making out seed orders before this, but because I've been so busy, it just hasn't happened. I have to start planting peppers the second week of February so they'll be ready...

We’re sawing up those poles Will saved from clearing the new forty

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It's getting cold. Tonight it's going to be down around zero. Today, however, was beautiful -- sunny and pretty. You may remember that Will carefully saved nearly all of those small trees he bulldozed...

Harvest time is here — big time

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Boy, are things ever getting ripe. I'm hurrying to get the early tomatoes seeded to save their seeds. So far the early winners this year are: Earlibell, Italian Paste, Morovsky Div, Silvery Fir Tree,...

Spring is officially here — we saw robins today

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Will bummed me out this morning. He got up earlier than I did and saw our first robin in the tree in our backyard. But I one-upped him when I drove to town this...