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I wonder how long a colony of quaking aspen can live. Perhaps they could live a long time since as the old trees die off (at fairly young ages) new ones spring from the root collective. But typically they get replaced by slower growing hardwoods, oaks, maples, etc. though, at least here in the...

How many ponies do you have, Ducks?

Glad to see that you eat as well as your cafe customers, Phaedra. Love to see your critters also enjoying the Spring weather, quail in their pen and dogs out walking the trails. Your photos are always such a joy to see.

Winter Storm Hernando, oh joy, NOT! I have pressing errands in town. Was planning to make the trip last Friday when snow made travel a bad idea. So I postponed the excursion to Monday (tomorrow), and now the whole Northeast it seems, is shut down. After Hernando has done its thing, we are...

I'm so sorry to read this, Baymule. After all you've been through lately, this sad turn of events is just too much. It really seems like you've had more than your share of bad luck. RIP Sheba, you will be missed terribly..

They all look happy now!

As one with a history of back problems, I can feel your pain, Baymule. I hope you feel better soon. So sorry for all the bad luck with your livestock. :-(

On a *much smaller* scale I've been growing pea shoots in this little grow kit over the past winter months. They are wonderful in salads. Last night I finally "retired" them, and the root systems these small plants had grown were remarkable. Roots entirely filled these tiny pots. I...

That daily lunch that you posted a photo of above, looks delicious! It looks like summer comes earlier to your part of the world than it does here (still snow covered). Your hens look like they are very happy, foraging in the green grass.

Organic dairy farms do not give antibiotics or other junk to their cows. They are not allowed to by law, and ethically it would fly in the face of sustainable farming principles. Their cows are on pasture where they enrich the soil. If you buy a carton of organic milk, you will not be...

The trick to watching any works by David Lynch is to not try to make sense of it. Best to just let Lynch's art flow over you. LOL

I guess it's just puzzling to me how Oregon, at the same latitude as Vermont (44.00000) can have winter food sources available. Here, even in cities, there are no microclimates, winter-blooming plants, or insect life. Birds that winter-over here subsist on seeds and berries left over from...

That blue of the flowers is both startling and beautiful! I can't get over how you have hummingbirds year round. "Mine" won't be returning until May. That florescent plumage looks like something transplanted from the tropics, and indeed my ruby-throated hummers do spend the bulk of their...

We're back in the polar vortex again with minus numbers F and in the 20s C. I predict this will be one of those years where it goes from winter to summer in a single day. Hopefully that day is not too far off. Dogs are going stir-crazy as their outdoor time is limited to quick runs out to...

This happened to us, especially as our horses aged and could not keep up with it as they had when younger. Back in the day the only people with haying equipment were dairy farmers who needed it to cut their own fields, but when the manufacture of DR mowers filled the need of home-owners wanting...

A lot of people today have forgotten that there is a cycle of plants nourishing animals, and animals in turn nourishing plants. This symbiotic relationship is not surprising, just widely forgotten. For decades while our horses were living, they fertilized our two acres of pasture, and the...

It's no surprise that your cafe has become so successful. Hopefully you'll be able to scale back the hours, while still making a profit. One can't put a price on time.

Time and freedom/autonomy aren't measured in dollars.

True, the container will expire long before the salt does.

I haven't been canning anything recently, but I've been eating preserved fruits in heavy sugar sauce that I put up last summer. On plain yogurt, or cottage cheese, and on rice krispies (the only cold breakfast cereal I like), this taste of summer in mid-winter is wonderful. I did not grow any...