Today I planted two more 5-foot rows of onion sets. "Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make my garden grow..." I planted the first couple of...
Today I made a twelve-day supply of doggie meals and froze most of them. I thaw them as I use them. Then took Rufus for a long walk. Then much...
@Doghouse Riley congrats on your sharp new wheels! And such a great outcome finding a good home for your old car. I like Honda cars a lot. I...
Gorgeous day, a hundred miles or two, Northeast of Pac. I spent about four hours puttering outside. The garlic is all fully up and growing,...
Yesterday we went to the tax accountant. It was complicated due to last year's house sale, finding and compiling documents about all of the home...
It was so nice outside today, I couldn't do everything I wanted to get done! &%#!? old body! But I did get my two newest David Austin roses...
I did some more clearing and pruning in the rose garden. I feel optimistic that it might look much nicer this year.
No gardening today. I stayed indoors. Lots of rain.
Somehow I had missed pruning one espalier apple tree. Good varieties, Gala and Honeycrisp. So I pruned it today. I completed filling in and...
Pac, I don't remember why I started making quilts. I've had sewing machines ever since my discharge from the army, 1970s, using them to make and...
I did a little in the garden. A little more smoothing and filling in of the final raised bed. We went to the farm store. I asked yesterday,...
You are very good with your hands!
That's a very creative quilt, Willow. What happened that some got scorched?
This is Darcey Bussell, another David Austin English rose. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This was its first year, and is in approx.. 20 gallon container....
Thank you Willow. You made my day!
Completed quilting and binding on scrap quilt. Then a trip to the washer (gentle, cold water, twice) and dryer (low warm setting) to fluff up the...
Richard was right about that, poor guy. Poor everyone else,too.
Pac, I agree with you. It's too bad - I think a lot of people no longer remember that. But also, I think my own sense of smell isn't what it...
The first David Austin rose that I bought, Tamora. It's been transplanted twice and still going strong. Now in the free range duck yard. She's...
Sjoerd, many years ago I read in the old magazine "Organic Gardening and Farming" that hair is a good compost additive due to nitrogen and sulfur...
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