We cut most of our firewood in the winter when the temperatures are cold. This firewood is for next winter, giving it about a year to dry. Usually the firewood comes from dead or fallen trees, as in the case of this large white oak. The tree had gone over the previous summer, probably brought […]
This May saw the emergence of a swarm of periodic cicadas. We have annual dog days cicadas which start to appear the end of July. The periodic cicadas only appear in 17 year cycles. This is the second time we saw them emerge. They emerge from their homes in the soil at night and start […]
We had a dry April mostly with above normal temperatures. We weren’t complaining because it is spring. Molly began her garden plan in late winter and started tomato and other seeds indoors. In late March into April she’s been planting onions and potatoes in the garden along with seeds and this weekend she hopes to […]