Archive for the ‘Fall’ Category

Winter Settles and Still Canning

It was such a long warm autumn.  Many thought we deserved it after our frigid summer.  We sported light jackets in mid November, the compost was still cooking and the ground was soft.  But I started to have trouble with it when the air was still warm after Thanksgiving.  My children started begging me to Read more »

Isn’t it Early?

We returned from an out of town, Thanksgiving trip a few nights ago to the notorious stack of mail on the dining room table.  I was shocked to find it peppered with seed catalogs!  I had already received two catalogs earlier in the month.  It is early, isn’t it?  In past years, I came back Read more »