Carl is back home (THANK GOODNESS) and last week he was able to connect our drip irrigation, and then after drip irrigating our crops for a few hours (these crops being peppers, basil, eggplant, winter squash and melons), it rained almost an inch that evening! In addition, he figured out why our irrigation was not […]
Carl went to Maryland to be with his mom because she just went through brain surgery for hemorrhaging in the brain. Over a month ago, she tripped over a chair in her house, and went to the hospital then and they did CAT scan and an mri (I think). They thought she was fine but […]
Just yesterday, Carl and I had just finished weeding some bulb fennel and flowers, after which we went up to our trailer around 6:45 PM, when the sky suddenly turned very dark. I was outside petting Kaiser (who is our NOT livestock guardian dog) when I said to Carl that the clouds over Bluff Mountain […]
One of the many luxuries here in our valley is that there are not many “Safe Shine” lights, which those lights are provided by the electric company so they can earn money during non peak hours (wasting valuable fossil fuels), so our valley is GEORGOUS at night. On a clear night the sky is filled […]
This post is NOT for the folks who think that all beings can co-exist in harmony. PLEASE READ NO FURTHER if you have issues with shooting semi domesticated animals. Carl has been keeping his guns in our truck so that they are accessible should our neighbors dogs visit the farm. A couple years ago while […]
Tuesday Morning, around 5:30 AM, we were in the house drinking coffee when I heard a horn honking outside. I went to the door and found our neighbor, Jay Green, who said “Wild dogs are killing your hogs”. I yelled to Carl, “Get your gun wild dogs are killing our pigs.”. Carl grabbed his glasses […]