Lets Jump Together

I heard on a PBS show this morning that people are starting to get back to the basics.
The basics of gardening and having a few chickens around for eggs and meat.
They went on to show how quickly and inexpensively one could build a chicken coop.
Sounded pretty awesome to me.
Then the rest of the show was [...]

It has begun to sneak slowly upon us.
This season of Autumn.
The mums are in the markets and displaying their autumn hues.
The leaves are falling quickly from the Ash trees in the yard.
The thermometer is reading 89 degrees this Labor Day weekend.
Summer is finding it so hard to let go.
But it will as it always [...]

I have had a couple pairs of Northern Cardinals around for years.
Their song is as gorgeous as their bright red color.
I find them to be rather timid, and they fly away at the slightest movement or sound.
Each summer they raise their young who are very easy to spot as their feathers are not as bright [...]

An image of our lake - on a calm day, with no one around.
We swim every night at this lake - most times we have it to ourselves.
The families have left, the boats are docked, and the place is all ours.
But these past few days have seen temps over 100 degrees.
And the lake has been [...]

We have been back to swimming in the lake for about two weeks now.
And the season so far has been grand for it.
Most evenings we have the entire swim area to ourselves, and it couldn’t be more serene.
No boats out during the weekdays to make any waves.
No splashing and screaming from other swimmers.
Just us - [...]

They didn’t take long to find the feeder.
I put it out,and less than an hour later, there were three of them, two females, and one male, fighting over who was going to eat.
And there were four stations - they could each happily eat at one.
Who knows what goes on in their little heads.
Any way, when [...]

For many years we have had our gardens in the raised beds that we put in about 20 years ago.
Each spring we add organic manure, new top soil, and some peat moss.
This year we are trying a whole new approach.
Our raised beds have produced okay, but I think they are getting a bit tired from [...]