Oh friends, what times we live in! You have probably heard about the assassination of Minnesota State Senator Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog, and the attempted assassination of State Senator Jim Hoffman and his wife, as well as the many names of other people on Boelter’s list. Neither Hortman nor Hoffman are my …
Eat Your Weeds
Chives and catmint blooming in the herb spiral Hello friends, it’s been a minute. When it’s between the garden and sitting down to write a post about the garden, the garden wins every time. Priorities! Everything but for a few still too small to plant out perennials started from seeds is finally planted, which means …
Hot and Cold
Front yard apple tree garden It’s been a week of highs and lows. Last week on Sunday we ended up breaking a temperature record for the day when we hit the 90F/32C mark. Then the temperatures remained hot, just below 90F/32C, through Thursday when a big storm rumbled through in the middled of the afternoon. …
Pumped
Shiny new heat pump Heat pumped that is! Oh friends, I have been so busy with the garden and all the things. Two weeks ago we had a heat pump installed. It was a good time to do it because the contractor wasn’t busy, it was neither cold nor hot outside, and our 25-year-old central …