As far as I’m concerned, late autumn is one of the most beautiful times in the garden.
I miss my turkeys. Kelsey tries to ease my guilt over their new residence (the freezer) by reminding me that if any of us had collapsed unconscious in their pasture, the flock probably would have pecked our skeletons clean within minutes, piranha-style. But I still miss them, peckishness, garden-raiding, and all.
The big news in our neighborhood this week was the repeated appearance of a green pheasant in the creek.
Though my wife and kids have been known to accuse me of not listening, usually it is more a matter of not being able to hear as well as I would like.
About an hour down the coast from our home is a group of tiny villages built on seaside cliffs.
My son’s pumpkin (written about in a previous post) made a terrific Jack-o-Lantern for Halloween.
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Follow the journey of constructing a crazy quilt to honor the memory of a loved one.
I’m not fond of these shorter, soggier, colder, darker days, but I can think of one good thing about them: they give me the perfect excuse to stay inside where it’s warm, dry and lamplit, and get crafty.
It’s getting cold here in Minnesota, and that means it’s time to put away some of the motorized tools for the yard and farm.
As far as I can see, the two countries in the world that grow the most chrysanthemums are Japan and Italy.
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