I headed out to do my morning rounds and heard a commotion in the pine tree near the front door. It didn't take long to spot the baby robins who were jumping around from limb to limb, stretching their little wings and getting ready to leave the nest. I tried to pretend I didn't see …
More heavy rain fell yesterday and while I'm not complaining about all the free, living waters from the heavens above, especially when it's helping make everything SO green and lush... Actually I'm still going to complain. 😄 Rain is great when you don't have plans, which I did, sort of. I wanted to get the …
We've had so much rain mixed with sunshine that everything has really taken off with very little effort on my part. Not having to drag the sprinklers around has freed up my time and energy so I can focus on other things, like getting the little front pond cleaned out and planting my miniature rose …
Yesterday I was trying to re-bond with my flock because after the long winter they have become understandably leery about my sitting out there with them, let alone eating out of my hand. Fred actually came the closest, but being the overly protective rooster that he is, I think he was just making sure I …
If you were to ask me why I grow as much of my own "safe" food as I can rather than just exclusively source local, organic foods that won't trigger my wonky mast cells, well, I wouldn't have a good answer really. For one, organic food is expensive, and you would think that doing some …
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