Great Expectations

In these difficult times, people abandon the extra expenses in their life.  Too often, it just happens to be identified as a dog that has to go.  I understand that, I suppose, but it doesn't have to be cruel.  [Read More]

What a summer... not much has gone right.  The garden was a mess, a fox dined on quite a few of my chickens, the new paint on the barn flaked off part already - not sure what went wrong there... It's been one thing after another!  [Read More]

Is that our cat chasing a fox???  [Read More]

When is a roller coaster like having a small business?  Kind of like this past week at our place.  I've got some thinking to do...  [Read More]

I've read the stories from dozens of others, knew it was likely to happen, yet, somehow I thought it wouldn't.  [Read More]

I know there are folks with a real knack for growing things.  For some it is just an instinct, others study how, and others learned by watching family members for so many years. So far, I haven't perfected this at all.  Tomato seedlings everywhere should be shaking in their pots.  [Read More]

There's so much to do that it's hard to know where to start! Although Winter may try to push back into our days, Spring will rule soon.  [Read More]

It is with some measure of surprise that I see how long it has been since I posted anything to my blog here on Local Harvest.  What happened to the time between my last post and now,  I wonder?

 

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It snowed today.  What a great day!  [Read More]

With all the vast sources of information we have at our finger tips to make sure we stay as informed as possible about which politician did what and what part of the economy fell apart today, which celebrity got arrested and on and on...what about all the other things all around us that we never think of or rarely even consider?  Seemingly so unimportant on the surface, in the end, these odd bits just may be the tiny stitches that keep the fabric of our lives sane.  [Read More]

I'm suffering from Post-Holiday-Empty-House Syndrome!

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Driving on ice?  Not a good idea regardless of what you're driving!  [Read More]

It is nose-nipping, toe-freezing, hot chocolate cold outside today so why would a chicken go wandering away from the warmth of it's huddled up friends?  It doesn't look good...  [Read More]

I really do believe that every cloud has a silver lining if you're willing to look for it and accept it.  [Read More]

I haven't even wrapped up this year and it's time to start on the next one! Whew!  [Read More]