Death… on the farm, it’s all around us.

By thegardenergal on May 31, 2011

I’ve always prided myself on being a Kansan because we are the most common-sense, down to earth, pragmatic people I’ve ever met.  I used to think it was because we live with the knowledge that everything can be taken away in a gust of wind, but when you rebuild it’s even better, and because we know just how precious life is and how tenuous our grip is upon it.  Continue reading »

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Tough love for tomatoes.

By thegardenergal on May 16, 2011

Well, I grew my tomatoes from seed this year, as usual, and I nurtured them and loved them and cared for them, then I almost killed them, saved them, almost killed them again, saved them once again and now, I’m going to put their lives at risk yet again, all for the sake of “hardening off” in a really difficult spring.  Continue reading »

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Dog versus coyote update.

By thegardenergal on April 28, 2011

For those of you who read about my very un-peaceful prairie incident a couple of days ago, here’s an update about the dogs.  And I found a great website that explains coyotes a bit, even if it seems a bit “coyote friendly” – it’s still informative.  Continue reading »

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