Monthly Archives: April 2012

go-to geraniums

If you have the gumption to grow just one green thing this spring, make it a geranium.

Don’t let the giggles (or guffaws) from go-getting gardeners get you down. While we’re out groaning over our big, gorgeous garden plots, you can sit back and sip lemonade as you bask in the beauty of your oh-so-easy-to-grow geranium.

And, girl, just wait until you smell it …

In a word: G-L-O-R-I-O-U-S! (If a little strong.)

Nutmeg, lemon, apple, almond, coconut, mint, or rose—what fragrance tickles your fancy?

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Backyard Farmer Merit Badge

Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life

Well, my little chickadees, I’m moving on to successful Farmgirl in a speedy fashion! I’ve done it: I’m an animal owner (Ms. Twinkles doesn’t count, she thinks she’s a person and I hate to dash her hopes and dreams of world domination by telling her she’s a Pomeranian).

I brought home three of the cutest, spunkiest, most adorable baby chicks EVAH!

Now the requirements for my newest badge, Backyard Farmer, are a no-brainer.

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Heigh-Ho! a glampin’ we will go

The glamping bumper sticker requests just keep rollin’ in! If you haven’t sent for yours yet, you’d better don them sneakers and take a jaunt on down to the local general store. All you need is a stamp and two envelopes. (Buy yourself an ice cream while you’re there, you deserve it.) For details come on over …

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Family Tree Removal

It was like a scene out of Ax Men.

My guys were fellin’ trees.

Well, one tree that is. One large, rotting cottonwood tree that sneezed snow all over us every June, grew baby cottonwoods in all my flower beds, and became too fond of leaning in close to our new business facility. Also, last month when we got eight inches of spring snow, one of her biggest branches cracked and dangled over the pathway we all use to go to our barn library.

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spirits lifted by a crane

A recent visit to the blog of my biologist buddy Jennifer Bové piqued my interest in whooping cranes.

Throughout the past year, these big, beautiful endangered birds have created quite a buzz among environmentalists, landowners, and—believe it or not—the Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA).

Let’s just say, feathers were ruffled … 

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