There has been no more snowfall this very chilly day, and by chilly I mean a wind-chill of 14 degrees.  Snow is on the ground, but no more...

I am almost done weeding all of the flower beds.  I have yet to weed the herb garden, but it's in pretty good shape thankfully. We came ...

  Beautiful sunrise we had here a few days ago. Have you heard?  There is a mysterious dog illness nationwide right now.  We still plan to i...

I'm joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.   The weather . . . We went from 60-70's to 50's and rain, and this week we...

  The recent days have been in the high 60's and low 70's, up until Friday.  We dipped just a hair, and the rain moved in.  The rain...

  We know that what you read for measurements at the hardware stores are not actually the real measurement when buying lumber.  We were so c...

All of my plant cuttings from the herb garden did not produce roots.  I had sage, basil, two cuttings of parsley, and one of spearmint, and ...

  We were able to get some work done on the new chicken coop over the weekend.   We actually had help on Sunday.  We were so thankful for th...

  The arrival of fall, and end of garden season (for the most part), is bittersweet.  I am thrilled to get a break from the work, but will r...

  I finally got a chance to join this again.  The tomatoes were exhausting this year, but we are thankful to have them. The tomato plants ha...

  I've gotten most of the jalapenos sliced and frozen for the winter/spring season.  I used a few to make another batch of fresh salsa a...

  The days have been long here lately, and thank you for all of your kind words.  Our very loved, 20 year-old grand niece, left behind two b...

  Short post today.  We started building the new coop over the weekend.  However, he bought the wrong size wood, so it's bigger than it ...