gardening season is over. Fall garden with Mrs. Dashwood and the back end of Sia We’ve not had frost yet, though there is “patchy” frost in the forecast for Monday night and “areas” of frost Tuesday night with an expected low of 33F/.5C. If we do get frost, it’s a week late, though with climate …
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Sowing
Self-planted purple columbine The garden is all planted! All the seeds are sown, and, except for a few indoor starts that are still a little small, everything has been planted out. James and I are tuckered out. But it’s the satisfied sort of tuckered out that comes after you’ve done work you love. In an …
Farewell Elinor
March 30th was Elinor and Mrs. Dashwood’s hatch day marking eight years. On Friday we had to say goodbye to Elinor. Ever since I mentioned about helping her up the ladder into the coop a couple months ago, she’s been in a very slow decline. We noticed her breathing was a bit labored, indicating she …
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. …
