Category: Nature

  • All we need is a roof

    Gary is going to have the first firing on Thursday! We’ll have two more small fires and then it will be ready to go. Well, after we get a roof!    

  • Almost done

    The roof is all that’s left to go!

  • They’re making progress!

    I took these just this morning.

  • A couple of firsts

    Dave started his first job at Java.net today! And, we have our first tomatoes of the 2011 gardening season. These are Celebrity hybrids. Up next, the heirlooms!

  • I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

    And there isn’t one here. Instead you get Fields of Gold. I planted one rudbeckia  plant (aka black-eyed Susan) 2 years ago, and now look what we have!  

  • It stopped raining long enough…

    to start the wood fired oven! This is Mark, who works for Kevin the builder, drilling into the rock to set the form. This is Kevin the builder. He and Mark had to use wheelbarrows to get the concrete from the truck to the form on the rocks. Fortunately it was downhill all the way.…

  • The longest spring

    It’s Memorial Day weekend and it hasn’t been above 65 degrees in 3 days! It’s supposed to warm up today. At least the plants seem to be enjoying the wet and cool weather. I planted this clematis 2 years ago and it seems to really like this spot. We’ve got peppers, tomatoes, cucks, fennel, garlic,…