Bob | March 13, 2009
Frost has a habit of damaging things slowly. Every spring a quick tour of the property will reveal certain things that have gotten heaved. Sometimes it’s part of the barn floor, sometimes a patio stone. This time the left post of the gate to the backyard seems to have gone up a couple inches. In [...]
Bob | March 12, 2009
It is most likely their proximity to the house (and its warmth) that causes these daffodils to be our earliest risers every year. They poked their heads out a couple of days ago during a warm spell. Last night the temperature dropped back to -12C, which may have made them reconsider coming out so early.
Bob | March 11, 2009
Spring skies are always a beautiful sight, and little hint at the growing season that is just around the corner. It’s always nice to see the sun so high in the sky at 6:00pm compared to two months ago when it was pitch dark by 5:30.
Bob | March 10, 2009
We always put a fan on our plug trays for a number of reasons. We feel that it reduces the amount of mold or mildew that can grow when conditions are too wet. It also allows the plants to blow in the wind, which we hope simulates the great outdoors a little more and produces [...]
Bob | March 9, 2009
No one is home right now in this birdhouse, the tenants are probably still down south. In a month or two we’ll start to see bits of straw and hay sticking out and then the peep peep of little birds.
Bob | March 6, 2009
A long time ago we referred to this tree as the small oak. There was a much larger one to the right, but sometime in the winter about 15 years ago it was uprooted and fell into the river. Parts of it are still lying there, waiting to be carried off by the current. This is [...]
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