When James and I moved from Los Angeles to the Twin Cities back in 1994 we were astonished at how inexpensive houses and land were out here. We ourselves still couldn’t afford it, but we thought in time we might be able to buy a 10-acre hobby farm just outside
Category: Gardening
Well it finally happened, the Dashwoods and the Nuggets have become a flock. Just as there was no big fuss when we introduced the Nuggets to the Dashwoods, only a refusal to associate with each other, the merging was without fuss too. One day they were foraging on separate sides
We finally got frost a little over a week ago. Not a below freezing kind of frost, more of a close enough to kill the tomatoes and squash vines frost. The asters still have a few flowers and the sage and oregano are still hanging in there too. We are
Gardening season is winding down. We almost had frost Saturday morning. Almost. It has been such a warm autumn, frost is late in coming. This has allowed me and James some extra time to make repairs to the chicken coop roof, and for me to harvest one small zucchini from
As gardening season comes to an end, my garden has pretty much turned into a meadow of arugula. The sunny yellow flowers shine in the daylight and bounce up and down with bee visitors. A photo or video cannot do it justice, one must be in the experience for the