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 …
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From 80 to Snow
What a wild week it’s been. Tuesday it was 80F/26C. Wednesday it was 76F/24C. Thursday it rained and snowed! The ground was much too warm for the snow to stick, especially since the air temperature was above freezing, but snow it did. A nice Halloween trick that. In spite of the brief snowy flirtation, the …
Caged Birds
I discovered this week that there is something lacking in the intelligence of sparrows. Ethel looking fluffy and extra beardy Last week on Sunday James was testing the heating lamp for the chicken coop and when he went out he chased several squirrels and a bunch of sparrows out of the run. The squirrels were …
Infuriatingly Wasteful
You can see the pipe on the sidewalk along with the pretty leaves before the wind and rain In typical Minnesota fashion we went from 60F/15.5C on Thursday, to plummeting temperatures Friday and a chance of snow overnight. It did not snow. But we did finally have not just a frost, but a hard frost. …
Weaving on a Loom
Earlier this year I took a beginning drop spindle class. It was great fun! I’m still spinning, a little her and a little there. I have tried a couple different spindles, top whorl, bottom whorl, supported. So far I like the top whorl the best. My top whorl spindle is a beginner’s one and on …
