I love the four seasons. They are all my favorites. However, winter is too long, and spring, summer and fall are too short. Actually, our winter has been quite mild. I had to fire the snowblower up only one time this winter. That means little snow fell but wind and cold was relentless. So, for the last month I have been searching for signs of spring. After four months of winter, I just needed a promise that spring was getting…..
As I type this blog the ground outside is covered with an early November snow fall and the winds are bitterly cold and gusting. I am calling a truce to the ongoing battle I have been facing throughout the spring, summer and fall with many of the critters that inhabit the same ground that I inhabit. All of us, the critters and myself included, think the area we inhabit belongs to us and not to anyone else. That’s why the…..
If you read my last blog you will remember I was in the process of preparing to educate a group of 90 year old’s about the science of pumpkin farming. Since I am back at writing a blog again this week you can assume I survived that adventure. 🙂 My 90 year old audience was very attentive and seemed to enjoy my presentation. I think they especially enjoyed following along as I described the pumpkin growing life cycle that I…..