Well not quite time for applesauce, yet, but all the criss crossing in the sky the last two days miraculously preceded a good, hearty rain overnight which should help the apples to grow nice and juicy for applesauce later. So yeah, surprise! Also interesting and definitely welcome, depending on *what* is in the home made …
After watching them criss cross the sky again last night I was hoping to wake up to a surprise rainfall overnight, but alas, it was dry as a bone and I was forced to go move sprinklers around and irrigate the beds. I worked as quick as I could because it was getting hot faster …
Well, a little more than half, but who's counting? Oh, that's right, I am. I did the math and we are just a week or so past the halfway mark of our gardening season here in Southeast Idaho and to be honest, I've never been so anxious for summer to be over in all my …
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 …
A weed is but an unloved flower! Go dig, and prune, and guide, and wait, Until it learns its high estate, And glorifies some bower.A weed is but an unloved flower! All sin is virtue unevolved, Release the angel from the clod-- Go love thy brother up to God.Behold each problem solved. All sin is …
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