As the days slowly grow shorter and we head towards fall, I'm finding myself in awe of the garden's progress. Particularly the way nearly everything defied the murderous rays of July's unrelenting sun! The potatoes are just gorgeous and are going to be flowering any day now... It helped that I planted a row of …
Well it seems that our heat wave has lightened up a bit, leaving the garden to get on with doing what it does best and giving me a little more time to spend outside during the day before it gets unbearable. Last night, we stayed out past dark to play with the new fog machine …
Come with me into the trees We'll lay on the grass and let hours pass Take my hand, come back to the land Let's get away just for one day Stripped by Depeche Mode I know I talk a lot about our "backyard" here but that's because it's honestly worth talking about! I mean, just …
It rained again overnight, which was great except for the roaring thunder that accompanied it at the break of dawn. It shook the house and jolted me awake. The hubs slept right through it somehow. Which is why I am hesitant to camp with him in grizzly country again! 😄 Ah, blessed rain. The gardener's …
After tending to the garden this morning, I sat on the front steps and contemplated life as I'm prone to do, while watching the cute little snail who showed up again near the water faucet. He (or she - I shouldn't assume since that is practically a felony these days lol) went about their life …
Empty Nest Homesteading 