Spring is in the AIR!! I do believe I am ready for spring. The first real sign that winter wouldn’t last forever was the birth of 4 baby goats at…
Chicken Breeds Chicken breeds are almost as vast as dog breeds (well maybe not quite, but there are a lot of them!). Just like dogs, different breeds of chickens serve…
Houseplants I am not completely convinced I don’t have some sort of disease. I can’t seem to make it through the month of February without getting an irritating itch to…
Budding Fruit Trees?!? Deep down inside, us desert dwellers understand the importance of a cold and snowy winter. We want the reservoirs full, the mountain springs flowing, and the earth…
Last October my Orchid finally lost its last blossom. I wondered how long it would be before a new blossom arrived. I wondered even more if a new blossom would…
Luckily chickens are pretty tough animals, so caring for your flock in the winter is surprisingly easy. The human involved will most likely experience more discomfort during the freezing than…
Chicken Coop Update As much as we love these feathered creatures, they can and will wreak havoc on a nicely landscaped yard. Chickens love bark mulch almost as much as…
I don’t recommend waiting until November to clean up the yard and garden. I especially don’t recommend waiting until after day light savings to pull out the tomato stakes and…
Yes, I did confess that I was a tired gardener but that was AFTER I had already ordered over 100 bulbs. * So I spent a day last week planting Alliums, Iris,…
I must confess, last week when the weather man told me it was going to freeze I wasn’t even sad. I was maybe a little sad that I didn’t feel…