Summer Wrap-Up

Summer writing/blogging went to the way-side, back-burner, put on hold… and whatever else cliché saying fits ‘here’. The heat-dome? PNW had two of them, practically back-to-back. Over 100+ temps for days-to-weeks… good-golly! Not the norm around here! I feel blessed we have a fully operational AC unit. Wildfire season? Yes. Brining it super close to …

Things Move Quickly

Since my last entry... The wildfire season has ensued for us (in the PNW). July has been filled with smoke, to say the least. This has us working in small batches around the property. What does 'small batches' mean? Well, if the day is a thick, socked-in, smoky day - getting outside is brief and …

So, it’s SUPER HOT out!

The PNW (Pacific Northwest) is 'under' this heat-dome currently. Ya, we're 'doming' it apparently! Temps over 100 for days and weeks... not a norm for us. There is a learning curve going on for many (that reside in their various places n' spaces) as we figure out what we can/can't/and shouldn't be doing! 🙂 Turning …

Herbs!

I learned/discovered just a couple short years ago - that there is thing called: Herb of the Year! Oh yes! My kind of 'awards'! 🙂 In 1991, the International Herb Association established National Herb Week to be celebrated every year during the week prior to Mothers Day. The purpose of National Herb Week is to develop and …

Where Did Spring Go?

Seriously? I can't complain that we didn't really have a spring. But... sometimes this means hot and dry way too soon. That might be trouble (wild-fires trouble). I guess we'll keep chuggin' along and getting things going, or done around here. The month of May gave us a fun little roller-coaster ride (weather wise) as …

Babies Are Here!

The spring equinox might be the official calendar notification that spring has arrived. For us - it's the arrival of meat birds and/or piglets! We like to do our meat birds in sessions. It can get overwhelming if we attempted them all at the same time. Not to mention… that’s a lot of chicken tractors! …

March

There’s a vibe about March that I enjoy… the melt-off of snow and the warmer days; spring is coming! Yay! We aren’t out of the woods yet! There is always the possibility of getting a couple of feet of freshies well into April. I just hope that this won’t be the case this year. I …

Cabin Fever…?

Nah. Pruning fever! Sure, the snow level is still 'up there' for us - but with a few nice, sunny-looking, days... the opportunity is available to prune the trees! Most of the trees around here, fruit or not, just didn't want to give up their leaves. I think receiving that October snow-dump last fall really …

Happy Happy!

**Happy New Year!** May the year be a blessed one. * * * * * Sending out the good-vibes from our neck-of-the-woods... Our backyard... the North Cascades ❤ ❤ ❤

Hello, and Goodbye

Starting a blog, a hang-out, a place to share our happenings around here on the last day of 2020... Why not?! 🙂 We've been working on this homesteading project for a couple of years now; but only recently been thinking about the blog-o-sphere! Yes, no, maybe? Okay. We'll give it a GO. The worst that …