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I am conflicted. Last night I looked up on UPS tracker and found out that the seeds I just ordered on Saturday are arriving today. I thought that was groovy, being able to see when my seeds would be arriving. If I already had my six hundred peat pots I might be tempted to get … Continue reading »

Are you ready for the next chunk of the farm tour? Today I’ll take you to the east side of the back forty where the beaver dam is. We need to do our annual release of the excessive height they put on during the intense spring rains. Dirt can’t mow his lawn and some of … Continue reading »

I was looking on some different web sites today to see if I could find a picture of my ground beetle’s larvae and pupae. I consistently come across a particular larvae and what I think for sure is a pupae in my garden soil when I am digging around and I wanted to make sure … Continue reading »

Like everyone else this is turning into a busy spring for me Dear Reader, but I do believe I have figured out what Elisabeth VanderMoere has written in this letter dated October twenty-third eighteen seventy. This is the second letter to her sister in Flemish Belgium after thinking she was leaving for America when her … Continue reading »

It is one of those serendipity things, you know Dear Reader, when you’re trying to solve one problem but solve another instead.I have found a way to get more time out of my day, a whole nuther eight hours. Granted with this method I will have to make sure that the things I do for … Continue reading »

Hey, you’re here for more of my world, hope you had a chance to take the first farm tour last week, The Farm Tour Begins and you’re ready for the next chunk of Vicktory Farm & Gardens. You know, this is brought to you by the good folks at: ’cause they have a weekly thingy … Continue reading »

I was blue, just as blue as I could be Evry day was a cloudy day for me Then good luck came a-knocking at my door Skies were gray but they’re not gray anymore – Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see – Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but bluebirds … Continue reading »

I am by no means an expert, as I have pointed out numerous times and in my profile. I have, in the past, studied widely on this subject and others involving farming from all aspects and angles. I’ve practiced gardening and farming on a microscopic scale for nearly forty straight years, in town, on balconies, … Continue reading »

It was time to give my little seedlings some much needed ventilation. But I ran out of room to put the box fan on a table top or shelf, on the floor wouldn’t give the seedlings on the shelf much air movement, soooooo… ingenious Lanny hung it, with, of all things, bailing twine. (You can … Continue reading »

I know, I don’t ususally put things like this up but it is amazing isn’t it, sheep as art. Some farmers don’t have enough to do obviously. But what really gets me is they couldn’t even get close to doing this with out their Border Collies. You can wave your arms all you want but … Continue reading »