Ah chickens. They have been doing admirably in the bitter cold. I cannot say they are tired of winter as I am, I don’t know how they understand time and whether they think ahead, or if they only live in the now. While they have short attention spans, they have memories, that is certain. But …
Garden Planning
In a week when the real temperature, the windchill, or both, has been below zero F everyday, what else is there to do but plan the vegetable garden? Just as my seasonal allergies get really bad in September and make me look forward to frost, planning the garden during the coldest part of winter reminds …
No Escape
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 the city for the low, …
Cold
Hello friends! I hope you are all keeping well. It was first a snowy and then a very cold week here in Minneapolis. I had a bike commute adventure on Friday, that’s for sure. In the morning it was -17F/-27C with a wind chill around -28F/-33C. With all the right layers and the effort of …
2021 Evolutions and Plans for 2022
Resolve to be always beginning—to be a beginner.Rainer Maria Rilke Happy New Year! Looking back at my 2021 evolutions, I’m pretty pleased with how it all went. My 2021 evolutions came about in January last year when I decided that Evolutions were better than Resolutions because resolutions imply product, imply ending, and evolutions are an …
