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Hattie, I know what you mean about the almost ready crop followed by the bird poo! Although it used to be the marauding racoons that got everything just before it was ripe enough for humans. Thanks so much for the help. I totally overdid yesterday and was beyond thinking last night. Today is...

Sorry guys, I'm too tired tonight to google and my kitties are being waaaaay to helpful :barnie, so my question of the evening is about cherry pollinators. Specifically, I want a sour pie cherry and DH would like a sweet cherry, do I need 2 or 4 trees? Thanks!

Thanks for the encouraging words about clay soil, Pat! Nice to know it's not all evil. ;)

The neighbors may not notice, but YOU know and that's all that really matters anyway. Wanna come do my porch, too? :love

Was at the barn late last night and thought these views of my impatient apricots were worth going into the house for the camera. Hope you enjoy.

I don't really know how the change came about. What I do know is that when I moved back here from a farmers market rich area, I was SO excited that Amarillo had one too. Then I saw what they were selling and ignored them for several years. Last spring they had a big ad campaign to let...

Wow, that is some document! Have to admit to a little envy of all the sources available. We just got the ONLY farmers market in Amarillo (maybe the only one in the panhandle) to ban non-local produce last summer. Up until then, you were more likely to find folks selling the grocery surplus...

The snow is gone (hopefully for good!) and the sun is shining today,so I "harvested" my horse blankets. :tools (Yep, ducks, they are in horrible shape. Usually get 3-4 winters on the ponies, then they get to be dog beds for a while and finally...into the garden.) Looks like they did their...

ducks--hope your mom is doing well. Today I'm planting old horse blankets. :rant We're expecting wind chills in the single digits, followed by snow. Wish we were getting the snow first (...also wishing that my silly apricot trees had waited a few more days before blooming. sniffle I do...

My biggest challenge is that in our "normal" winters, the temps can range from highs in the 60s and lows around freezing to highs around freezing and lows approaching the Arctic...sometimes in the same week. :barnie Really I guess I'm trying to find some way to make the temps more stable. As...

First of all, thank you guys for being such enablers! :happy_flower This year I'm going a little crazy in the garden and am facing the prospect of having waaay more produce than I can keep on top of. I have the techonology and knowledge for canning, drying and freezing, but was wondering about...

The surest sign that spring is around the corner arrived at 2 am today ... the neighbors across the street fired up their motorcycle tune up shop. Do they not know what time zone they live in?? :he Oh well, they shall be reminded. Other than that noxious weed sprouting, the crazy lady...

Thanks guys...those were the answers I was hoping for!! I was out yesterday playing with my new spading fork and got to wondering, so thought I'd ask. Now I'm off to go play in the dirt some more. It's a little wet, but not sticking to my shoes or the fork, so I'm going to enjoy it while I...

Wasn't about to risk life and limb messing with those things! Had way to much fun cussin 'em...we left the Birdzilla invasion for the new owners to enjoy. :D

The phrase "as soon as soil can be worked in the spring"? Usually, we have fairly dry winters, but this one is a little on the wet side and I'm not long on patience right now. Sooo, is soil workable when it doesn't turn the garden tool into an adobe popsicle, or is there some other criteria?

Hate to tell ya, when they are like that, they are no longer turkeys... they've become BIRDZILLAS! Before we move to town, we had several flocks like that and they do get to be a hazard to all things relating to food. They could rip a round bale apart before the cows and horses could even...

I went to Lowe's for light bulbs on Saturday and came home with 2 huge dormant raspberries. Figured if I couldn't get in the garden, they could hang out in the barn for a while. Sunday, cabin fever got the best of me, so I grabbed the shovel and headed out through the snow to see if I could...

I've never tried the San Marzanos, but my Romas make tons of tomatoes and the sauce is fabulous.

I know taking cuttings isn't supposed to be a big deal, but I've never had the desire to try...until now. I've got a scented geranium that doesn't look like it's going to make through until spring and I really like it. So, after I take a cutting, do I a) put in potting soil, or b) put it in...

Oh well, a girl can dream. :/