I've been in a slump lately. Nothing's been appealing. Today, however, the light seems to be back in my sky. I'm excited about my A&S projects for the first time in a while. I harvested the first of my tobacco yesterday, as it had reached the stage prescribed by "C. T." in his 1615 book of advice for tobacco planters in England. The leaves are ( Read more... )

The fucking muskrats have won. Even with a very tall 2-inch-mesh wire fence, I'm still losing corn. I've lost one ear just since lunch. It's kinda like the old vampire thing - I see bite marks on an ear, and the next morning that ear is gone. It's been happening for about a week. sometimes taking multiple ears a day. And with only about a dozen ( Read more... )

My hot peppers are coming in! (...Okay, so this was a bait & switch at best ( Read more... )