Not much time spent out in the garden today, but we still got a lot done. I needed to water & fertilize the garden. I still don’t have my drip irrigation hooked up & it hasn’t rained in a couple days. Most of my plants are so...
We finally put up cattle panels on one of my garden beds. My sugar snap peas will be ready to climb very, very soon, so they’ll be thrilled when they discover their new trellis. Yes. I am anthropomorphizing plants. You spend enough time in the...
One of the most unique trees on our property is our Saucer Magnolia tree. Each spring before it puts out leaves it first adorns itself with lovely pink flowers. It was already budded out this year when our epic freeze descended for 5 days. The...
Before I address the subject line I figured I’d give you an update on the farm & garden. In case you didn’t read my blog posts from last week my broody mama hatched out 12 of the 13 eggs I set under her. Given the freezing temps we...
Picture this. A privately owned city with no government. It sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? But today’s guest Joyce Brand is joining me to discuss a new private city being built in Honduras as a ZEDE (Economic Development and...
Yep. Freezing last week and running the air conditioner this week. Gotta love Texas weather! But I am NOT complaining! And, yeah, I know. I haven’t been on in a few days. I told you it was a sorta daily blog. It’s tax season & I...
Today I’m recapping my family’s experience with the Texas sized cold weather event. I discuss what we did to get ready for the freezing temps, what we got right & what we could have done better. Links MentionedEpisode 14 –...
Today started out great. I slept in a bit then got a hold of Oncor to have them come repair the downed line then I stepped outside to enjoy the beautiful day. As I made my way to the coop to check on the chickens I noticed some snow had not melted...
More thawing taking place today and tonight is the last night with projected temps below freezing – until Monday. Temps got up to a balmy 47 degrees, AND our water pressure returned to about 70% normal. All seems right with the world again! We...
More thawing taking place today and tonight is last night with projected temps below freezing – until Monday. And my hair appt got rescheduled to today. Water pressure was decent when hubby checked at 8, but by the time of my appt at 10:30 it...
