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Drinking green tea and wondering if I'll have the energy to go to the farmers market tomorrow. I sort of need to go because my grocery supplies are running very low. Down to about a gallon of milk, a decent supply of both light and heavy cream, half a loaf of stale bread, and the last of 4...

T The threat has been neutralized, at least for now. Are there large populations of these feral hogs still running loose? Will electric fencing keep them out? I know a lot of people near me use electric to contain domestic pigs, but these guys are a breed apart it seems.

Poor piggies, but good eating.

That That's a pretty neat little shelter. The lambs want to help! Ha ha

Rest in peace Percy Schmeiser. Hadn't heard of him before, but good for him. Monsanto is evil incarnate.

These look familiar. My right knee looks just like one of these; my left knee is a bit better. Being strongly right-handed, my "good knee" is of little use to me. Wearing a wrap around my bad knee when I walk out across uneven ground, or lift/carry heavy things keep pain away and prevent me...

My tall sunflowers were all open-pollinated heirloom varieties, Arikara variety. I've saved seeds from them successfully each year. But they get eaten by deer if I don't encase them in a cage of tall deer netting. I've tried planting them in the ground, but without protection they are eaten...

For some reason I wasn't able to add to the partial post above, so I'll add it here: Another picture of these hybrid dwarf sunflowers, mostly gone by at this point: Then there are the large sunflowers I've been growing in this raised metal bed on the hill behind my house: This is from a couple...

I guess I've answered a question I was going to ask here, as to why my dwarf sunflower heads are closed, rather than opening to expose ripening seeds. A little digging into old receipts tells me that these sunflowers are hybrids. Normally I buy only open-pollinated seeds, but apparently didn't...

I grew one of these a few years ago as a houseplant. When it flowered I dried and saved those blooms. Still have these dried flowers for future medicinal use if needed.

How BEAUTIFUL they all are!!!!!!

There are smooth (short-haired) collies but no smooth shelties. It was my sheltie that had such an aptitude for agility, and many shelties do well at this sport. Herding ability is a bit diluted in collies due to blood of setters and borzois added in early on in breed development. I had...

We also had collies, a sequence of 4 over the years, and I added a sheltie at one point (Mabel's predecessor). I got that a lot, people asking if little Tippi was a puppy or a grown-up mini version of her collie cohort. Looking over old videos I was reminded how many tricks Tippi knew; she had...

My sheltie would love this.

Tulsi tea this AM (black tea with a variety of spices, heavy on the cloves). Eating a recipe introduced to me years ago by a long deceased friend - a mix of egg, tomatoes, butter, and cheddar cheese cooked up in a skillet. This used up a tiny portion of the endless supply of tomatoes coming...

Embrace the chickadees and their happy little chirps!

This is great! (and true)

Ernest Tubb and Red Foley - love that old-timey music, especially now that I'm an old-timer. Thanks for this old gem.

Organic butter is better. Margarine is just plain bad for you. I buy almost no processed food from large companies these days. I envy you your homemade butter from the farmers market, Marie. I buy raw milk (unpasturized, unhomogenized, right out of the cow!) and organic cheese from people at...

Looks very good. What's in it?