Another day of catching up

I spent until 1:30 pm cleaning up after the snow yesterday.  I really wanted a cup of coffee when I came in but didn’t have the energy to grind beans and make a fresh pot.  Heating up a cup sounded ok.  Just as I was walking to the kitchen to do this the phone rang.  [...]

Winter Wednesday

The snowy greenhouse. This was taken after I started clearing the 5″ layer of wet, heavy snow. You can see how far the snow was able to slide down before becoming stuck. This is usually the easier side to clear thanks to the wind blowing a lot of snow as it fell. [...]

Weather

Snow, freezing rain, ice, snow, freezing rain, now lightly misting.  The ducks were happy to get out.  They were out of the barn and up on their favorite snow banks before I got back to the house.  We have 5″ of new snow and crusty ice.  Shoveling is hard work because of the very wet, [...]

Storm Coming

I’ll spend some time this afternoon getting the farm ready for the next storm. The shovels and roof rake that stood neatly in line in snow banks have fallen over as the snow melted. They need to be moved onto the back porch. The shovels up back at the greenhouse have to [...]

Turkey Visit

Jake & Company went to the barn this morning, chased the ducks out of their food and water, had breakfast, then came to raid the wild bird seed. Damned birds. I fed and watered them when I let them out.

I don’t give the turkeys corn very often. When they do get it [...]

Catching Up

Seb loves firewood. In this picture he’s sleeping in front of the woodstove while using a piece of ash for a pillow. He has a piece of wood this big and with a nifty handle of it that he runs around the yard with and rolls on. He’s a goof.
I have some [...]

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We have two farmcollies. They’re here to be family pets, herd, hunt pests and guard. They do an excellent job.

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plans for seedling greenhouse

Mine is 2 x 4/2 x 6 frame covered with 6 mil, four year poly. If I build [...]

Lunar Eclipse

The wind made it hard to keep the tripod still last night. It was so cold I spent more time inside than out but did manage to get a few photos.

Right Field

The moon is coming up in the distance.  If I can stay awake I’ll be back out later tonight to get pics of the eclipse.  I’m imagining what this quarter acre will look like filled with growing vegetables this summer.  The back corner of the greenhouse is on the left.  The stump is an old [...]

February Thaw

It’s sunny and just above freezing this morning.  The ducks were quacking to go out at 5:30 am but I wasn’t risking the icy driveway in the dark.  When the sun came up I spread wood ash to make a path.  It makes a huge difference. Water is inconvenient for me in winter.  I have [...]

Not much these days

Not much going on these days. Today’s excitement was my ungraceful performance crossing ice to get to the barn, while carrying a two gallon bucket full of water, and while threatening the dogs. “If you mutts make me fall and if I don’t break something when I land you’re all going to the [...]

Project BudBurst

Ki over at MucknMire blogged about Project BudBurst.  To help spread the word I’m blogging about it too.  Check it out!

Seedlings

I meant to post this last week but life got ahead of me. Some of the lettuce seed I planted in January are growing. This is Waldman, an obviously good choice for cold weather growing in a four season greenhouse.

Resting

Taylor has been crashed on the couch off and on for 24 hours. She officially has the flu. 103.9*, coughing until she aches – the whole thing. No party tonight. I’m beside her in my chair trying to be in denial about my congested chest and cough. I recommend backing [...]

Meadow Vole – Greenhouse Pest

I mentioned the dogs wanting to be in the greenhouse a couple of days ago.  They’re all good at pest control.  Hunting for mice or red squirrels will keep them busy for hours.
It was bright and sunny yesterday so I spent a good part of the day working in the greenhouse. When the temp [...]

Blind Trust

It took me a couple of days to think about writing this. It’s personal and barely related to farming but I’m grateful for an opportunity I was given and I want to share it with you. Not in a million years did I think Vinal’s family and friends would see my blog. [...]

MNN

This week’s Maine Nature News is now online.
Open the door and we’ll tell you why we want to be in the greenhouse.

Story tomorrow!

The Bobcat – Final Chapter

I took my rifle and a handful of bullets, left the dog in the house and went to the barn. Standing in the barn door was fruitless. I couldn’t see the back side of the wood pile where the cat was. I carefully walked from the barn door to the old apple tree at the [...]

I’ll Write Soon

I’ll finish the bobcat story soon. I’m not in that kind of story telling mood this morning. Instead, I’m going to tell you about a wonderful man.
Yesterday morning Steve went to Winn to meet with one of his best friends, Vinal. They talked business and personal things and went their separate ways. [...]

Photos

UPDATED:  It’s usually easy to trace back to places where photos are used as long as they’re inserting a link in their text and using my bandwidth.If you’re using WordPress you can log in, go to stats and scroll to the bottom right corner. Look at incoming links.  They’re clickable.  A link in my other [...]