The Birds & The Bees

Sometimes I tend to over think things, but not near as much as my husband does.  He was concerned about conducting a prescribed burn on 3 ac...

Now that I'm on vacation this week, the continuation of building the FOB has been my highest priority.  I do not want to wait until Marc...

“But then fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, ...

Yes, I have pirates in my yard, in the middle of Missouri.  Thieven' little scoundrels, that's what they are!  Today, I went to gath...

Finally!  For a couple months now, the weather has been too hot to go out and start the cleanup of all the gourds and housing.  This past we...

While doing the fall cleanup on the east side of the house today, something glinted at me from the rock garden. Earlier this summer, Bob had...

This summer, I was so thrilled to see a beautiful, strong crop of Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) appearing along both sides of Highway ...