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A little bit of freezer temperatures never hurt ANYbody! :lol:

THIS lady is my newonline habit--I love her writing! She is known as "Farmer Girl," and she also has a FB page. Here is a sample of her work...

Winter is also a great time to share movies. Youngest DD, in particular, loves to watch them with me. I had never seen this family friendly film before, but I highly recommend it: Captains Courageous, 1937 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028691/ We as a family haven't been to the movie theater in...

Our lives/passions change over time and wax and wane. Perhaps in the future you might be growing more food for your restaurant OR more flowers to decorate it? Doesn't matter. You are still a valuable member of our online family. NO excuses are necessary! :hugs

@secuono posted on her thread late last year and reminded me of my manual auger, which I purchased in the Spring of 2020 and will NOT be amongst all of the items I am selling for cash this year. I want to raise $ for projects before I buy the supplies. This cost me about ~$50 at the time...

I thought that was a goat thing...

I don't think I have Ever seen weather maps with pockets of extreme cold surrounded by "not so Bad cold." Just makes you remember to save up for things like window weather stripping when the grasshoppers are dancing in the summertime.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Here is a fun activity gift for the holiday. https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-02-11-how-make-homemade-seed-cards-valentines-day

Winter is a great time to read. I, as you already guessed, prefer non-fiction. DD's and I have started a diet which includes "digesting" books. Youngest DD is lending me a book about the Norman Invasion of England. I'm sure that it tastes good. The diet suggests a full gallon of...

Winter is time to assess our beef supply. I suppose you might think that this 15 minute job should have been done sooner. Caretaking doesn't give you much extra time. I had free time yesterday. Guess I need a primer in math...:rolleyes:

Food for thought...

Don't be too quick to dismiss free animal manure. I have read some gardeners that don't want it bc there may be weeds seeds in it. So.what? Pile up your free fertilizer where you can weed it. The lack of herbicides and pesticides, like you would find in my horse's manure is worth not poisoning...

Garlic Two years in a row I didn't get it planted in the beds. DH got his cancer diagnosis early November and I lost my window to plant. I started my 2025 garlic harvest in two sets of starter cells with plastic gardening cells on the porch. I realized that they didn't have enough room for...

Part of my healing is to jump in the deep gardening pool end. We are in the grip of cold and snow that has lingered here for weeks, which doesn't always happen on my property. DD took these photos of property and hoar frost as she drove home yesterday. I gave my DD my garage spot and garage...

HERE are more details. Many new to this site may not be interested in reading further. REDDIT has a link with testimonials of family who witnessed their loved one dying of this horrible disease, and we will probably post one soon, too. I wish I could say that Hospice was helpful. I am very...

James Carlton Dedman, June 23, 1948 to February 1, 2026, RIP These will be my last posts on this thread. My friends here have been so supportive and I will never forget your kindnesses. I will post here what I wrote to a friend who emailed me after the crematorium posted an obituary on...

DD wants one of these:

I am adding to this thread bc I took purchased parsley, dehydrated it and I have it stored in a 1/2 pint canning jar, with a cheapo plain lid labelled. I need to learn how/where to grow herbs indoors, which is difficult with cats. DD has been buying fresh herbs for cooking, then she doesn't use...

DH is becoming nonverbal, slipping fast, not been able to post, but I thought you might enjoy this photo of Sasha and GS.

https://modernfarmer.com/2025/12/december-cold-frame-hoop-house/