Square Foot Garden

This method of gardening caught my eye, its evidently been around a while, brother Paul even has a book on it stored somewhere along with his personal collection of "Fermenting Journal".

The pictures show a progression as this project develops, like myself its still a work in progress.

Incorporating a vertical trellis to grow climbing things like cukes, pole beans, even some tomatoes.
After trying out the system we liked it and decided to put in some larger 8' beds for our canning produce.
This is the size of our layout for now, so far it has exceeded all expectations and has really lived up to its claim to grow things, a new bed or two seems to spring up every couple of days!

Some people have written in to see where you can get a compost barrel like this, Bruce says it looks a lot like one that he used to have which was somehow lost in the move to Elmore.

Ducks in a row

On a Quest to find and photograph a fawn, I was led to an area where some Cute Chicks were hanging out.
On one of my mornings while sitting perfectly still, I was rewarded by having this Blue Winged Teal drop by and pose for the camera.
This usually shy Common Snipe was another surprise he got up close and personal.
This Canada Goose is gettiing ready to hurdle that log!
Pink Lady Slipper's were noted on a hike in the Adirondacks.

I think I found my Fawns, the trouble is these two are still carrying them around .

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Car pooling and Canning Food

With the high cost of energy and food it seemed wise to invest in a few things that might be in our future.
We are gearing up for some home canning, it all seems familiar somehow.
Except now they have cool stuff like this!John we could have boiled chicken plucking water in no time with one of these babys.
I have a Pressure Canner on order, if anything should happen to me please don't let Paul turn it into a still.

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Walkabout

Just back from our spring Walkabout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkabout We had a great trip and we always enjoy having the camera along with us in this beautiful place.





Critter Corner starts here, we did not see as many Moose this year and most that we did see were camera shy. Thankfully they were not the only game in town.

With scenery like this all around I came to realize that any animals that we saw were just a bonus anyway. I think that helped me focus on the beauty of Gods creation all the more.

The end of some perfect days are represented by these last photos, thanks for sharing them with us.

Birds Eye View

These recent photo's highlight the amazing beauty of the birds around us.

Each species has its own unique beauty and Style.

Trail Mix

Recent outings on the trails provided the opourtunity to check out for a while and find out what is happening in the natural world.
High water this season has kept some of our favorite spots flooded, but has given us some new looks in familiar places.
Displaced by the high waters many animals were moving outside of their normal range, the tracks that you see here are an indication. I will leave the identification to those leaving comments!


Last year the Apple Blossoms kind of snuck up on me while I was concentrating on other things, this year I made a promise to myself to stay up on them as they developed.

We have seen and enjoyed lots of birds some are local and some just passing through our area. This Northern Flicker is right at home here.

Ducks like this Mallard are paired up and nesting in our valley this time of year.
This shall forever be known as " A SHOT OF WILD TURKEY ON THE ROCKS"