Going early with the bird gallery this week since tomorrow is Easter. I have a special visitor to share with you, someone who is a rarity...

It's around late March or early April that I take my blueberry bushes out of their winter storage. The forecast plays a part in it--I...

I put out my finch sock (what you see in the picture below, it's the "sock" with holes in it that's filled with nyjer thistle seed) since...

Man alive! Hard to believe it's already early April. Hard to believe it's Spring too given the weather I'm seeing outside my window...

The early bird (eventually) gets the worm! Not too long after writing in an earlier bird gallery about robins getting hungry and eating...

One of the many (MANY) chores for late Winter/early Spring is to go out and fluff the mulch around my property. Looks pretty, but the...

The "early birds" of the garden have started to sprout (garlics, strawbrerries), and some (like the crocus) even to bloom. Meanwhile the...

I got inspired watching a YouTube video recently and decided to adapt a recipe I saw for oven-roasted chicken thighs into a recipe for...

How you doin'? Getting to that point in Spring where Colorado's weather can really oscillate. One day warm, next day snow. Wasn't quite...

Can you hand me that towel? Warmer days out here on the Plains. The birds are getting more and more restive as the temps rise and the...

Birds of the week for 3/2/25. Was a warmer week this past few days out on the Plains and the birds are getting antsy. One common...

Here are this week's birds from out here on the Plains. If you catch it at the right time, it looks like they're dancing. I put the...

The cold frame under its blanket on a cold day! I think I finally have a working design for a cold frame (and I think I may have finally...

Cold and spitting snow yesterday, but got a lot of birds at my heated dog bowl birdbath. The robins were there in force (of course--at...

Induced Iron Deficiency Not a good sign! The yellowing in the leaves can point to a lack of iron in the plant because it's not able to...

They really are ridiculously good and easy to make. Follow that link back, and try them. You won't be disappointed! One of my favorite...

Last year's garden: my romas trained up on strings, while, at their feet, my carrots grow. Got some basil for sauce, and a watermelon...

This is a great one for extra melons! Nothing to freezing your surplus fruits. Wash, peel (as needed), cut into smallish pieces (again,...

Oh, and they're a great activity for kids! "C" is for carrot! I love to plant pieces of my carrot seed tapes in between my tomato vines...

It ain't all going to be pretty. You will (repeat WILL) have one problem or another. This is third and final installment of a series on...