Today we went to take our dogs out for their daily constitutional and discovered that the snow finally came off our woodshed. It hasn’t shed all winter and we were a little worried, particularly since over the last few days, there has been a really long snow curl hanging off the back that refused to […]

I read today that the governor declared a state of emergency for the northern counties of Idaho. That would be us. For those who may wonder how much snow is “a lot,” here is a glimpse from around our house (click for slightly larger versions). This is the view out our front door (note that […]

As some people know, I have a “hoop house” for my garden. It’s the only way I can grow tomatoes with our short growing season. You can see a bit of my garden in the “Vegans Go Hunting” video on the Vegan Success site (or on You Tube). Anyway, I’m not particularly tall, but I […]

This week it has finally felt like spring. When spring arrives so do the flowers and all the things that want to eat your flowers. After witnessing some crocus destruction, I decided it was time to take action. Last year’s garden was marred by various critters getting in, around (under?) the fence, so this year […]