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Category Archives: Homestead
Bugs, redux
The problem with spending quite a bit of time in doctors’ offices and hospitals is that these places are more often than not filled with sick people. While this is not entirely surprising – after all, how often do well … Continue reading
Bugs, bugs, bugs. And I’m not talking coding here.
After awhile, bugs landing on you while you’re in the garden are as ho-hum as finding pocket lint: you’re so used to it by long exposure that it is a mere annoyance to flick one off your arm (or face) … Continue reading
Moving forward
Everyone is always after results: test results, harvest results, weather results, sports results. The results we received from the oncologist were, I must admit, those I had suspected would be the case. The sample was negative for the markers for … Continue reading
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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Planning around
The great rice experiment of 2010 is a bust. We had thought it would be fun to try to grow our own rice, and set up a couple of bins with some dirt, flooded them, then tossed wild rice in … Continue reading
Breathe deeply
I am certain that my half dozen faithful readers are wondering what cliff I fell off, given my complete lack of maintenance here on ye olde blog front. What, they ask, is she doing? Lolling around, eating bonbons, instead of … Continue reading
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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
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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