You know that saying "all good things come to an end" and it's true. We're close to harvesting everything that's left now and I can't say I'll miss this gardening season because it was pretty rough! Summer has been hard on everyone. My poor duckies had to be moved into the chicken coop because it's …
Well we definitely won't go hungry, at least not for awhile. Today I'm making a delicious soup for my lunch with some grass fed beef, homegrown potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic and fresh herbs... Yum! Unlike my chickens who are just starving to death every morning (according to them). Poor things... This one couldn't wait and …
This has been a frustrating year for many of us and my garden is no exception. The heat has taken its toll and some things may not have time to recover in order to reach their full potential before harvest time. Everything in the shade did fantastic, including the flowers... But most of the wildflowers …
I have so many extra photos from this week in the garden that I decided it was time for another "spillover" weekend post! I keep finding my semi-dwarf Lodi tree isn't quite strong enough yet to actually hold onto all these apples it's producing... It seems like every day now I am finding them on …
It's so neat that just out my window, a mere few feet from the comfort of my living room, a family of swallows is living their best life all thanks to this little bird house we bought and put up on the pole. The baby swallows are showing up at the hole waiting for feedings …
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