One of my favorite jobs in summer is to hang laundry out in the yard. We have a clothesline apparatus that is attached to the house and when I am ready to hang the wet clothes, I simply pull out the lines and attach the far end to the clothes pole. When finished, I reverse […]
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The Kitty Garden
Springtime on a farm is a time of renewal. It is a time of new calves, baby chickens, and new little kittens. Each spring our female cat had at least 5 or six new kittens, usually enough for each child to have one of their very own. The mother cat carefully hid her babies until […]
Going Green!
This has been a very hot dry year in Wisconsin and since I added a lot of new plants this year, I have been watering a lot. Since our suburb does not have city water, we use a private well that has hard water. When I water the yard, I carefully set up my sprinkler […]
Japanese Beetles –They’re Baaack!
The Japanese beetles are back and are once again eating our roses. However, I am happy to report that we have far fewer beetles this year. Originally I started trapping beetles last year because our roses were being decimated and I finally decided to fight back. I bought 3 different beetle traps and hung them […]