Well, after the rather ugly photos of brown and crispy plants that I showed you in my previous post, I am excited to show you the plants that did very well during our severe cold spell when temperatures dipped into the 20's for 4 nights in…

Many of you may be taking inventory of your garden after the extreme cold spell we just went through in the desert southwest.  Temperatures dipped into the 20's, which is quite cold for us desert dwellers.  As a result, there are…

Okay, so how are you all doing in getting ready for the holidays?  Are you sipping apple cider in front of your Christmas tree and enjoying seeing all of the gifts you bought, already wrapped and ready for Christmas morning? OR are…

This morning, we woke up to very unusual weather.  I guess I should clarify the statement and add that the weather occurrence was unusual for the Arizona desert.  We woke up to heavy fog.  Not just regular light fog, but heavy…

Oh, I just love Christmas time.  Ask my friends or family and they will tell you that I live for this time of year.  I start on putting up our beautiful (okay, artificial) tree as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are washed and put…

All three of these items played a part in how I spent my Saturday.  As I mentioned in previous posts, I spent Saturday over at Double S Farms which was one of the stops featured in the second annual Tour de Coops, which is a tour of chicken…

You would think that living in the larger Phoenix area means that we do not get cold weather.  That is what I thought....before I moved here.  I was surprised to find that we get quite a bit colder in the winter then Southern California…

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had a great time with my in-laws, my brother and sister-in-law and my two new nephews.  All in all, we had 18 people at our house.   I may have mentioned before that I…

I imagine that many of you are busy this week with the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.  My kids love that they only have to go to school for three days this week.  As I mentioned before, I am hosting Thanksgiving this year at our house…