The blighted season

I’m so sad. My entire 40-plant bed of paste tomatoes has early blight. My schedule has been so nuts over the last week since I discovered the first signs, and I haven’t had a moment to pull plants and dispose of them. My apologies to the neighbors if it’s traveling from mine to yours on [...]

R.I.P. Charles the Female Rabbit

You were a good and patient bunny. Lila will be so sad when she gets home. Bookmark It

Tending the flock

I didn’t mean for it to happen, but I’ve grown away from the chickens. Chris took over their daily care after we moved here and I started working full time. I feed the people, he feeds the critters. I talk to them when I’m outside. I think about them — the older they get the [...]

Weekend update, spring is here for real edition

It’s definitely spring because Tyler has used half a box of tissues this weekend. Poor guy gets allergies like his father does, long and brutal. I feel mine cranking up too in the form of a headache that’s hung out in my skull for four days and an ever-so slightly scratchy throat. What a spectacular [...]

Global Warming in the Chicken Tractor

Sunday was one of those perfect weather late-summer days where you get the cool, dewy morning followed by an overcast, yet warm afternoon, then bright sunshine, clear skies and a light breeze. It was also a task day. We have a month to get the rest of our stuff out of the house in the [...]

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