Archive for 'First Date Out'
Farming is Hard
Posted: May 8th, 2007 by Lisa
It’s really hard, right now. We lost a llama yesterday, so suddenly that I can hardly believe it happened. It’s hard to even write about it, but I guess I want to document it in case someone else has something similar happen. On Saturday, Vinnie had a lamb, the first one in the pen with
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Posted under Bjarki, Blackflies, Chickens, Death, Ewes, Farm Life, First Date Out, Horse Housing, Lambs, Llama, Mosquitos, Sawmill, Sunny, Tractor, Truck, Window Boxes, mega-catch.
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Annual Migration
Posted: May 28th, 2002 by Lisa
All of the window boxes are now out lining the deck. They look quite lovely, though still obviously new. I bribed Valerie into hauling them all up for me this weekend. It feels late in the year to have done it, but supposedly only a week later than last year. It’s been conveniently raining just enough each day to keep them all watered, because Frank hasn’t hooked up the irrigation for them yet. The Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks made an appearance today.
Posted under First Date Out, Irrigation, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Valerie, Window Boxes.
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Annual Migration
Posted: May 19th, 2001 by Lisa
What a difference a month makes. We spent much of today hauling up the window boxes full of annuals (get it? annual migration?) from the basement to the back deck, which is now completely lined with flowers. Yay! They look so pretty, even if they are not quite cascading yet. But the temps for the
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Posted under Buddlea, Centaurea montana Mountain Bluet, First Date Out, Obedient Plant, Planting, Veronica, Window Boxes.
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