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Monthly Archives: May 2010
A day like today
I do not, as a general rule, sleep well or much. My family knows this because they have to put up with my oddball hours. Friends and clients know this because it is not rare for them to receive an … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Cats, dogs, chickens, and other critters, Gardening, Geek stuff, Homestead, Life in general
Tagged Cancer, critters, Food, garden, Homestead
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Forced downtime
Three consecutive days of dentist/oral surgeon visits have resulted in forced downtime for me on the ranch. On Wednesday, a visit to the dentist to address the broken tooth slated for a crown. While much of the shearing off was … Continue reading
You say tomato
Make that tomatoes, plural. This is Stupice, a Czech early variety. It is also one of the handful of transplants that survived being put out. Poor planning on my part and poor weather on Mother Nature’s part conspired to kill … Continue reading
Getting corny
It rained today. Usually, in Florida during the summer, this is not exactly newsworthy. After all, for all the years, off and on, that I’ve lived in Florida, summers typically have the same forecast: partly cloudy, highs in the mid-90s, … Continue reading
The world needs ditch diggers, too
If there were none, things like this would never get done. The wild blackberries all over the property seem to be just fine with the clay, popping up wherever the birds happen to poop out the seeds from the berries … Continue reading
How you bean?
Just fine, thanks. Snap (green) beans, lima beans (ugh), and a test round of shelling peas. The latter are unlikely to make it, as today was yet another 90+ degree day., and the trend looks to be continuing through the … Continue reading
Visualizing whirled peas
I pulled the peas today – both the sugar snaps and the snow peas. It’s difficult to pull up plants that you’ve fed and watered and looked after and babied for months, but you do have to know when it … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, dogs, chickens, and other critters, Food, Gardening, Homestead
Tagged Food, garden, Homestead, wildlife
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