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The USDA lists so many species that it is difficult to narrow things down but what we have growing wild locally looks to be the one shown on their map in all northern tier states and right across Canada. We have one growing in our front yard although it looks like it would like to escape...

Cream cheese and local honey in my Cream of Rice doesn't count for much. Should have used a whisk. Slices of mango counts for international trade. Just reading about the Yurok Tribe in northern California being able to purchase a large piece of land from a timber company. They hope to return...

Snakes and ground-nesting birds? Snakes and eggs? Maybe she can find another location off in heavier cover.

Ouch! Little ones ... Here is hoping that they recover quickly and that those with no symptoms stay that way. Steve

It's National Donut Day. How about a Nation Don'ts Day?

Two hours of rather tiring mostly shovel work made up my 30 minutes of cardio exercise, today. A wheelbarrow load of pulled Asian greens and other plants were pulled from the hoop house beds. There was an area in one bed where they could be buried but I wanted the grass sod moved out of the...

I feel the same about transplants —  boom, a garden! One can't quite give up on the nursing of the plants. "Transplanting shock" is a reality. Hardening off may not have prepared them to all weather changes, which are so likely to throw us into a tizzy a good 50% of the Springtimes ... boing...

Guidance may be provided within your home state: https://phys.org/news/2025-06-archaeologists-uncover-massive-year-native.html Here, and for a number of years, compostables found homes in what were 3 bins, plus the activities of prepping for crops. The bins were divided into as many as 4...

We will have spinach with lunch, today. Seed was planted outdoors. Meanwhile, the lettuce and Asian greens in the now uncovered hoop house beds have been growing crazy. The Asian greens are bolting but that's okay since sum, uh some, like Choy Sum, are supposed to be eaten that way. The...

Malt-o-Meal with cherries on the side. If there's a designated napkin, is it proper etiquette to spit 🍒 cherry pits at the breakfast table 🍒?

Enough for 1 cup, that was all of the anise hyssop that I dared harvest for a cup of herbal tea with the addition of lemon verbena from the greenhouse. The plant was the most vigorous of 2024 and is being joined by others in a return for this season. Additionally, I recovered some volunteers...

Calvin & Hobbs, Thirty-five + years ago

My favorite flower, Phaedra :). It hasn’t meant that I have gone over the top with planting them ;). Just that I take real pleasure in seeing them show up every Spring. Everyone has to eat and growing flowers for bouquets favored other species. But, iris are sure beautiful 🤩. The Siberian...

Dismantled the hoop house. This may be the earliest that I have done this in the seasonal structure's 25 year history. There appears to be absolutely no need to keep it in place either in recent temperature history or official forecasts. Unharvested plants inside are in robust growth and many...