On Saturday morning I was up around 4AM and got my post up. I hadn’t opened the house up during the night as the smoke had returned. I had gotten the sprinklers going as I wasn’t sure we’d actually get

On Wednesday I wasn’t moving too fast. I’d been short on sleep for too long. I didn’t get up until 5AM and just worked on my post until my #2 intern arrived at 6:45AM. I was just finishing it. I had decided

On Tuesday morning I was woken up at 3:15AM and finally gave it up and got up at 3:45AM. I got my post up, cleaned up the kitchen, folded the laundry, closed up the house, and was ready at 6:30AM when

On Monday morning I was up at 4AM as usual and got started on my post. I got it done and got a load in the dishwasher and got started on the laundry. I had the sprinkler going on the New South garden as

I had finally had enough of looking at this at the front of the house so on Sunday morning I went out after editing photos and got started weeding at 6:15AM. I started at the east end hoping to beat the

St. Johnswort alongside the driveway On Saturday morning I was up at 4:30AM and got the sprinklers going. I got to work editing photos and had started my post when I stopped at 5:45AM to close the house

In recent light of my two newesst diagnosises of tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome, (a rare genenic syndrome)as well as a blood clot in my superior vena cava, i re

Big garden – 1st summer squash On Friday morning I was up at 4AM and worked on photos until 5:45AM. I got the house closed up, the cat fed, and headed out to finish the weeding in the Big garden just after

Nature is always absolutely marvellous, but when you look up and the sky turns into a sea of flowers, it’s like being surrounded by magic. Nature is magic; it always is. Siempre la naturaleza es absolutamente

Volunteer dill with dew On Thursday morning I was up at 4:30AM and got my photos edited before closing the house up and getting out to the Big garden to weed. I was going to be bringing in mulch hay and

On Wednesday morning I was up at 4:30AM and checked e-mail and worked on photos until 5:15AM. Then I got the kitchen cleaned up and got set up to process the rhubarb marmalade. I got the jars heating,

Rainy Day On Tuesday I was up at 5AM and got my post up. I got the kitchen cleaned up and went out and harvested an armload of rhubarb for making rhubarb marmalade when the rain abated a bit. My brother

East of Steps and New West gardens – weedy again! On Monday morning I was up around 5AM and got my post started. It was supposed to be a rainy day and I had an early appointment to go to. I got laundry

Photos by Tom Saturday it was still wicked hot and humid so I stayed inside and watched movies and napped. It rained during the night and the temps started to slowly drop on Sunday. Tom’s been putting

First vegetable garden July 1992 Not much has happened here on the farm since the heat wave hit on Wednesday. I’ve not been sleeping well, on the couch in the living room where it’s tolerable. My 2 helpers

On Monday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got started on the bills/budget. I worked until 7AM and then did a few chores. I got ready and at 8AM my general helper and I headed out to collect some thyme plants.

On Saturday morning I was out at 6:15AM and got started cleaning out the West of Steps garden. Now I could find flowers, I went over and got: Begonia Celosia Carnations Marigolds Portulaca The only thing

On Friday morning I didn’t get up early as it was raining off and on. I got caught up on my posts and got the laundry folded but not put away. I cleaned up the kitchen and then just rested until my #3

The best way to celebrate a special day is by remembering what is special within us and where it comes from, and therefore, where we all come from, and how this can give us the wisdom we seek and even

On Thursday morning I intended to get out to the Small garden around 6AM and get started so we could finish it. But I had to open the house up, get the kitchen cleaned up, start laundry, repair the garden