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A Little Mid-Summer Rain 31 Jul 2013 | 09:16 pm
Clouds over Bear Creek Valley Puffball sprouting at the edge of our road. .
Planting Sweet Potatoes 17 Jun 2013 | 11:27 pm
Sweet potatoes were our last major planting in our spring garden. Yes, we're running a little behind schedule. What else is new? Jo is measuring where the next sweet potato set should be planted. ...
30-Minute Blizzard 17 Feb 2013 | 01:53 pm
Okay, maybe our snowfall Saturday morning (2/16/13) wasn't actually a blizzard, but it was certainly more than the forecast flurries. Daybreak was partly cloudy. Then, more clouds moved in followed ...
Wednesday's Snow 15 Feb 2013 | 10:34 pm
Snow in the pines. Snow began falling Tuesday evening. It continued off and on throughout the early morning on Wednesday, and even for a little while after daybreak. A wet, sticky snow combined wit...
Buffalo National River 26 Jan 2013 | 12:29 pm
Jo and I decided to take advantage of a mild January day by heading up to the Buffalo National River. What we had in mind was a hike from the Highway 65 bridge over towards Gilbert. Maybe we'd hike ...
Carrots 17 Dec 2012 | 10:52 pm
Jo figured she might as well go ahead and harvest our fall carrot crop. They'd grown all they were going to grow. Leaving them in the ground would only risk rodent damage. Lettuce and carrots Jo harv...
Asparagus 3 Dec 2012 | 10:39 pm
Our asparagus is finally starting to yellow and die back for the winter.
Linden Looper (Erannis tiliaria - 6665) 28 Nov 2012 | 10:35 pm
Linden Looper (Erannis tiliaria - 6665) One of the few moth species I've been seeing on recent cool fall evenings. Some evenings these fall and winter moths were abundant, with a dozen or more aroun...
Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar (Euptoieta claudia) 22 Nov 2012 | 07:16 am
Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar (Euptoieta claudia) Source: BugGuide: Range: North America and southern South America. Permanent resident in south. Annually spreads and colonizes northwards usa...
Lettuce From Fall Garden Bed 19 Nov 2012 | 06:32 am
Jo is harvesting lettuce from under the plastic and wire tunnel covering our fall garden bed. Rusty is helping.
