Firesign Farm

We've caught sight of our deer visitor a few times now. I first saw him when I went out to shut up the chicken coop, just before full-on...

They say a garden is always greenest in January - in your imagination, while paging through those beautiful garden catalogs. The reality tho...

Junior chicken, so named because she looks just like her mother, Missy (so does Baldy, if it hadn't been for the unfortunate head peckin...

The Sugar Snap pea plants have shriveled in the heat, without ever allowing any of the few picked to make it into the house. I can't see...

I really need to get better organized with my garden seed storage - not the actual storing of the seeds, but seed expiration dates. I know s...

My Soroptimists Club is working a booth at a local Chili Cookoff this weekend, and since it's the Fourth of July we're going with a ...

Working for the Census for the past couple of months has given me a bit extra discretionary income. I decided to use some of it to catch up ...

Aries took the past week off as a vacation week, and having him around full-time always messes up my schedule somewhat. Plus, he had project...

I spoke too soon, bragging about being able to grow such beautiful tulips earlier this Spring. About a week ago, I noticed some dirt thrown...

Once we got the chicken coop moved, the next step was to move the garden fence farther out both to the north and south. Moving it south mean...

The calendar says it's planting time. The day-length does too (we went up to Tahoe for dinner with some friends a week ago, and even tho...

I've had my vegetable garden laid out in four freeform "S"-shaped beds for years. The long horizontal sections work as a terra...

You do have your towel with you, don't you?

Sometimes, doing crazy things makes me feel most alive. I went to two outdoor parties this weekend, and snowflakes were swirling on both. No...

I'm not the only one dealing with an unseasonably cold Spring. Annette , in Virginia, wrote to me asking for frost-protection suggestion...

I have a feeling this is going to be one of those years where we go straight from wintry snows to summer heat. Is anyone else still getting ...

I managed to squeeze in a bit of time this afternoon to pot up my little tomato plants - transferring them to deeper containers. Tomatoes wi...

I really should have gotten my peas and lettuces seeded by now, but this Census job has turned into a full-time gig the past few weeks. The ...

I keep thinking I really should post something. I've been really busy the last couple of weeks, and will be for at least another week or...

It's been a pretty busy week - things to do and weather-wise. Around here, especially this time of year, they say that if you don't ...