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Category Archives: Cats, dogs, chickens, and other critters
Going around the bend
Tomorrow, another visit with the oncologist to see what the results of the testing say – hopefully, there will be results and this won’t be another trip into town for nothing. Today, though: planning. Planning for next season and next … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, dogs, chickens, and other critters, Food, Homestead
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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
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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
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RIP, Princess
Gandalf – aka The Princess – died quite suddenly this afternoon. This was not entirely unexpected. We have been on death watch for months now, given her advancing years, the tumor we had removed from her belly some months ago, … Continue reading
True love
Nothing says true love like puppy kisses. And this is Gandalf’s way of showing affection. Not really. This was the evening she was helping me go over my garden layout maps. Mostly her help consists of ensuring the notebook doesn’t … Continue reading
Clearing
What the back forty looked like in January (and actually, for almost the past two years): And now: We had every intention of leaving the back wild, but last season found that weeds had completely overtaken one berm where wild … Continue reading
Maintenance
Spent a bit of time outside, the sun on my face, enjoying the fresh air warmed by the magic of a turning season. The carrots went in the frames in early October, as seed, not transplants. By this time, even … Continue reading
Hunting chicks
The hunt is on for a few chicks of the two legged variety. What, you thought that meant something else? Sickos. We’re trying to find another five or six chicks to go with the lonely girl out back. The group … Continue reading
Test veg
There are some things you really can’t tell a thing about until you pull one out of the ground. A parsnip, for instance. Coming along nicely. Another month-ish, and this batch should be ready to pull completely. I have some … Continue reading
Poor girls
We lost another chicken last week. Those of you following our chicken story know we had three at the beginning. One flew the coop, we believe, and got taken or run over. Last week, mom came back inside after heading … Continue reading