Single file everyone! Oh friends, the world here is still monochrome, but the weather has been above freezing almost every day, so the snow is melting drip by drip. There is a little more bare ground in the garden than when I took the photo of the chickens last week, but there is still quite …
Tag: seed starting
About Time
Today is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time in the United States and we are all bound to feel a bit messed up for the next few days as we adjust to “losing” an hour. In spite of everyone for years saying we should stop this time change insanity, in spite of science saying it …
And Sow it Begins
See what I did there? Ever find yourself in a state when you comprehend how all the things interconnect and can actually see the threads clearly? You pick up a random book and you see how it talks to the other things you are reading? Or you get a newsletter in your email and it …
Bird Flu
As if a human pandemic isn't enough to worry about, now we have to worry about an outbreak of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). I've been getting regular updates from the Twin Cities chicken keeping list I am on since the outbreak began on the east coast a couple months ago. It made it …
Springy
Sunbathing After a week of thawing and carefully biking to work on puddles frozen overnight, then biking home through what were practically small ponds, we’ve achieved 55F/13C! It feels so warm that I have a quilt hanging out on the line to dry instead of indoors on a drying rack. And it feels so warm …
