What a long cold spring it’s been. Except for this last Wednesday through Friday when we had instant summer and broke high temperature records three days in a row. It was 88F/31C here Wednesday! The previous record set in 1931 was 83F/28C. Maybe the most ridiculous thing about it all is that today it’s been …
Tag: seed starting
Seedy
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 …
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 …
