During January we experienced unusually warm temperatures here, thanks in large part to El Nino, a cyclic warming of the Pacific Ocean’s surface.
Like many people around the world, my thoughts have been centered on the citizens of Haiti this past week: Mourning the staggering loss of life in a poorer-than-poor country whose people have so little, and have now lost their family and friends, too.
OK, I lied. I haven’t actually figured out 101 ways to use them yet, but glass home canning jars, also called Mason jars, are just so versatile and useful that I couldn’t resist the title.
You can keep track of the birds you see on your farm with this downloadable bird-sighting chart.
