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Considering it is a dry creek, it is a lot of water! We are used to spring storms, but the hail and winds seem to be getting bigger and worse. On the way to the post office I noticed one of my neighbors lost part of his roof, and the highway department was picking up some felled trees. It hasn't...

Never a dull moment around here. We had 60 mph winds and over 4 inches of rain around 5 am this morning while under a tornado watch. There were lots of close lightning strikes and our electricity was out about 3 hours. Because large hail was forecast we brought the donkey in the living room...

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Perhaps a tarp would be strong enough? I try to buy my hay at the same place, which likely uses several suppliers, but during times of drought it is sometimes trucked in from other states. So it's a crap shoot. So far I have not had the problem and our manure is composted for at least six...

I've heard horse manure is the best, and I use our donkey;s manure and it's fabulous. But you do want to know what the horses have been eating. A local gardener here got some free horse manure and unfortunately the horses had been eating or grazing hay from a field that had been sprayed with...

Here are the Imbotyi Chaphaza at 23 days. The entire field.

Here's a photo of the Nyimo beans in the large pot at 18 days. The ones planted in the ground 16 days ago have not sprouted. I'll poke around today to see if I can find one. We've been having unseasonably cool and moist weather for May, a couple of nights it got down to 40 degrees, which is...

Sorry for your loss. He looks like he was a wonderful and sweet boy.

I read there was a national group of truckers that will bring a shelter dog across country for some really small fee if you should find one online not in your state. However, it might be difficult returning the dog if it didn't work out. There are rescue groups for specific dog breeds, and some...

Unfortunately, our current house has a similar electrical system :th

Great name for a wolf @Smart Red . @bobm mine was afraid of thunder, gunshots, fireworks and no matter which side of a door he was on he decided he needed to be on the other side of it if there was loud noise. That is to say he was very rough on doors, being adept at making his own...

I once had a wolf mix who lived a long life. The first time I saw him I was at the shelter looking for a friend's missing dogs, and I fell in love. When I finally decided to get him, he had just been adopted by someone else. I was heartbroken. The shelter noted my two other dogs were in agility...

I have used Ancestry.com for a decade. I'm a volunteer photographer for findagrave. It's been around for a while. In the last year or so their records have been accessible through Ancestry.com. It's a great website to find out where your ancestors are buried. Some, but not all, memorial entries...

We are all rooting for you Marshall. I visit the bean field at least twice a day--the beans and I are sending you positive thoughts!

Marshall, not to worry, they have their own spot in the field.

How many growing days did they have in your garden Marshall? And did yours get beyond just leaves? Our first real frost isn't usually until November, so they have some time. Often the weather gets nice again through December after a frost. They can always come into the greenhouse for a few...

The Nyimo beans have sprouted! These are the three planted in the pot that I will cover and uncover. They germinated in 11 days. All of what you see came up overnight. The cotyledons must have stayed underground. The leaves don't look fully open yet, and have sort of a bronze coloration with...

We had 2.5 inches, no damage. Glad you all got some much needed rain, too!

@the1honeycomb yes, every year we rotate the beans and the corn, and usually grow a cover crop over the winter. That means all the posts and irrigation are removed and the cages will be stored. It's a lot of work to make food happen in the desert! For a couple of years during the worst of the...

@VA_LongBean I'm not sure how 'well behaved' my Magentaspreen or Tree Spinach (Chenopodium giganteum) is, but it is delicious, contains more vitamins than true spinach which we are unable to grow (devoured by field mice), and is lovely. It survives drought, heat, and light freezes (even last...