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when i got home from work today I saw a hawk in the chicken run. Dang, I meant to lock them up this morning and forgot. Luckily Mr. Hawk didn't get chicken for supper. All the hens were hiding in the coop - quietly sitting on top of the nest boxes staring at the pop door. NOt making a sound...

Last week I was informed by the surveyors at work that the frost is out of the ground. They have been busy pounding in stakes for the summer construction projects. When I was growing up, the radio station news would include a grave diggers report during the winter - letting everyone know how...

Wow, snowing hey. glad we didn't go to Medford to install the nieces garage door opener. We had cold, wind and cloudy here, but no moisture. It does feel like it would like to snow though - kinda cold, humid if you know what I mean. Hope you stayed warm, Jim.

Sorry about the loss of your pets. Planning to start my tomatoes and peppers in the house. Spinach and lettuce also. Anything else I need to start now.

Starting to plan my garden for this summer. I may go out with the weedwacker and do some cleanup where I am going to put in a raised bed for strawberries. Get the weeds chopped down to ground level, maybe scrape some roots out and then get the cardboard down and covered with coop cleanings...

A red-tailed hawk took my Rooster last Wednesday. Hubby found the massacre, said both the male and female were there partaking of the feast. He called and said he had some sorta bad news, he thinks. He told me that the rooster was killed and I celebrated. I was planning on butchering him...

We ended up with about 18" of snow in the backyard. Quite a bit of drifting, but DH worked hard and got everything cleared out before the big freeze. A snowblower in the tractor sure helps alot. Starting to plan for gardening this summer. Need to get the garden area cleaned up and planted...

Tom & Jerry's are so good! They are warm and comfy. Great for relaxing after Ice Fishing or Snow shoveling, lol. @jvls1942 Sorry I am late to the party, but here is my family's recipe for Tom & Jerry mix. Those recipes with all the spices are not what I am used to having here in NE...

Our neighbor always left his truck hood up - to keep out the ground squirrels he said. Claimed the ground squirrels were chewing the wiring harness. One day hubby opened the hood on our car to check the oil before a trip and saw little eyes staring up at him. He poked it with a stick and a...

I am glad to see the snow finally receding. The daylilies along the barn are about 2" tall. We got over 8" of snow last weekend- we were forecast to get a dusting - "a few flakes in the air" was how the weatherman said it. It snowed hard most of the day. Luckily it melted as it was snowing...

I have not had any luck with that brand of seeds. I agree, I don't feel too bad about killing cheap seeds. I wish you the best of luck with germination and your garden!

Anyone growing Honeyberries? I just got a flier from Gurney's touting the wonderfulness of Honeyberries as a "less fussy, flavorful alternative to blueberries." Of course, they make them sound better than sliced bread, lol. Never heard of them before.

I am starting to get the itch to start planting. Yikes! It was 7 degrees today. Not sure why I got the gardening bug already. it is too soon to start seeds, right? lol

We have a Chili Cook-Off at work on Wednesday. It is great to have a job where you get to socialize with nice people. It has been a long time since I had a job at a place that promotes interacting with your coworkers.

@jvls1942 I grew up with macaroni in my chili, but we always cooked and served the mac separate from the chili. That way everyone can add as much or none as they feel like. I like my chili without mac now.

The trees from the DNR are good quality, just the amount you need to order is huge. Not many people need 100+ seedlings of a single species. The county I used to work for would buy DNR trees, then we would break them down to smaller quatities to sell.

@Callender Girl Won't the texture compound wash off the cabinets with hot soapy water? When my husband textured the walls and ceiling in our place, I was able to wash it off the tile with a mop and hot soapy water.

Good luck with Ollie, Jim. I hope Ollie cooperates for you. It is such a change in temps that the cold feels even colder I think! We were so spoiled by the warm temps for so long.

A friend of ours grilled a pork chop for his beagle every night for the last 3 weeks of its life. It was the only thing that the dog would eat. In January, in Wisconsin, in 15 degree weather.

The wind yesterday ripped the suncover on my garden swing, almost in half. I will have to find some outdoor fabric this winter to replace it with. Today I will be moving the seat section of the swing to the barn for storage. This wind is really fierce out there. Yesterday and today, feels...