Farm Life
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Farm Updates
A lot has been going on around here. We’re preparing to extend the driveway into the backyard to the barn, tear down the old barn, and have a new barn built. This is only in the preliminary stages. No construction has actually been done yet. The new barn will house our travel-trailer, lawn mower, and…
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Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu!
Summer has come in,Loudly sing, cuckoo!The seed grows and the meadow bloomsAnd the wood springs anew,Sing, cuckoo! Modern English translation of a 13th century song Of course, summer technically isn’t here yet for a few more days, as far as the calendar is concerned. But it is meteorological summer. We’ve gotten roughly 2 inches of…
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“It was June, and the world smelled of roses.”
June. The month of my birth. The month of roses and honeysuckle, pearl and alexandrite and moonstone. The transition from spring into summer. It’s been busy, as you might imagine. Lots of things going on around the farm — there is no end of work to be done. Enjoying the new blooms on my rose…
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Primrose Path
Perhaps what surprises me the most about our huge flowerbeds is that no one thought to put paths through it. It’s a dense jungle that is difficult to weed and water in some places. I told L last year that I was going to add stepping stone paths in several spots for easier access. I…
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Here comes the sun
Despite the chilly start to the month, May is warming up nicely. And the garden is responding. I’m doing my veggie garden in containers this year since the raised beds are dismantled and we still need to clean up that entire area. But grow bags and 7-gallon pots are working quite well. I have Yukon…
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Finding Balance
Things have really picked up with my travel advisor biz this past week. I made several bookings — all for the same trip — including hotel destinations and tours. I now qualify to level up to advanced status, though I have to take the training and pass the exam first. I’m considering it. Though I’m…
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Spring in my step
Ohio’s mud season is pretty much over, I hope. We’ve had a few dry days, and the temperatures keep rising. Our yard is still squishy in a few places, but in just a few more months, we’ll be complaining about how dry it is. I got out yesterday to start my spring cleanup. We have…
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Hello, March
I’m not sorry to see February in the rearview mirror. March is here, and it’s coming in like a lamb. It’s supposed to be 70 degrees today. February went out like a lion. A couple of days ago, we were sheltered in the basement due to two tornado warnings that overlapped in our area. I…
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Busy, busy, busy
Despite the slower pace of living in the country, life has been pretty fast-paced lately. I meant to update this much sooner, but I’ve been so busy. Winter seed sowing in gallon jugs is underway. It’s been 2 weeks since I sowed the first of the seeds — salad greens — and those are the…
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6 More Weeks
According to the Buckeye Chuck and Punxsutawney Phil, we have 6 more weeks of winter. If we’re talking about the actual season of winter, of course that’s true. If we’re talking about winter weather, I don’t rely on a groundhog for that information. It’s cold today, and that’s all that matters to me right now.…
Karyn Johnson 