Welcome back for another garden update. Now that it is officially summer, it is finally starting to feel that way with warmer temperatures and increasing sunshine. The garden is starting to dry out some,

Welcome back to my blog. It's been almost a month since my last post. I have been busy working in my garden and haven't had much time to post. I've also been working on other tasks including mowing, opening

Welcome back to my blog. If you live in Central NY State, you know how wet this Spring has been. How wet? Since managing to rototill the garden in later April, the garden most of the time has had standing

This was a pleasant surprise to spot this bird at my feeders yesterday. Welcome back and as always thanks for reading and following my blog. This time of the year is unique for bird watching as it presents

Welcome back, thanks for reading and following my blog. A few days ago I posted on getting birdhouses ready in my yard. A few days ago we noticed the bluebirds are back. We are hoping they will nest in

Welcome back to my blog and thanks for reading and following me. It's that time of the year, birds will be nesting soon. I have already seem starlings gathering duck feathers from my yard for their nests.

It's still very early in the growing season, but peas are a great early season choice as they like cooler weather. I planted these a few days ago, and the ironic part is that there is snow in the forecast

The weather is starting to break here in Central New York State. It still has been pretty wet as we received about 2.5 inches of rain over the last week. Despite the rain, the garden has dried out somewhat,

This past winter I experimented with a Nyjer seed feeder, also known as thistle seed. I normally use the "regular" type of bird seed including sunflower seeds, cracked corn, millet, etc. Of course,

It is definitely time to transplant the tomatoes since they have the second set of leaves. A few weeks ago I posted that the heirloom tomatoes had sprouted and were doing well. For information on the varieties

Welcome back to Duck Adventures. One of the most fun parts of having the ducks is feeding time. They have a ferocious appetite after wandering around the yard and swimming in the pond all day. You might

Welcome back to Duck Adventures. The time has finally arrived to let the ducks out on the pond! I have been waiting for this for awhile. It was mid-November when I brought them inside the barn for the

A few weeks ago I posted 2 videos, Planting Peppers and Planting Tomatoes. The heirloom tomatoes sprouted in about 7 days, the peppers, which traditionally are slower to germinate, took a good 2 weeks.

Saturday March 23rd found me skiing again, most likely my last time out for the season here in central NY State. This seasonal road is one of favorite skiing locations, and is only a mile from my house.

I have been keeping ducks for quite a few years now. I have a small pond and like to keep several just for entertainment and to help keeps bugs down in the yard. This is the first of my posts about these

Welcome back. About a month ago I posted a video regarding Winter Sowing: Winter Sowing This is an interesting technique that involves planting seeds in plastic containers and placing them outside in the

It took me all winter to capture these photos. As I described in a previous post, Chickadees (in this case a black-capped variety) are among the friendliest birds. They will eat from your hand, although

A few weeks ago I posted a video of planting onion and leek seeds. I kept them in a warm location with the lid on the Jiffy planter to retain moisture. About a week later they sprouted. Once sprouted,

Video - Planting Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Thought my readers would like to take another look at my introduction. I posted this a few weeks ago. Enjoy this video regarding project FeederWatch and some of my photos.