Is it just me, or has summer sped by for you as well? Phew! We have been busy with... everything. My mom was here to visit, then we had lots of hot days, and a few rainy days, and ok, we were tired and didn't get out to the garden as much as we should have. That is lesson #1 - if you have a garden as large as ours, missing one day of picking and/or weeding is bad. Missing a week or more of weeding? Catastrophic. And, to think some people believe that weeding is bad for plant growth. A curious thing started to happen with our squash and pumpkin plants - white spots.  And, I ignored it, thinking it was "normal-ish"?  Lesson #2...  if it is any color other than green on the leaves, it is not normal.  I waited too long, and the damage has been done, so there is not other recourse than to harvest what we can, and hope for the best outcome with what isn't ready. We pulled the pea plants last week, which is a really good thing - now we could lower the pole bean crane … [Read more...]

I posted this on Facebook over the weekend, and it bears repeating - feel free to pass it on, email it, whatever because it needs to be heard... We have been following many of the northern Michigan primary races with much interest, and even greater disgust. At a time when our country needs to unify, even our potential elected officials can’t seem to get out of the high school mentality long enough to run a clean campaign. To all potential candidates – it is with greater interest to the people whom you will be serving to show the integrity and leadership abilities that you possess rather than what kind of dirt you can bring up regarding your opponent. In today’s economical and political climate, it behooves you to stand tall and take the higher road. It was with great disgust that I became aware of Mr. Dennis Lennox’s trashy campaign strategy with regard to Greg MacMaster. Mr. Lennox, your grandmother would be ashamed of your tactics. For someone who specifically states … [Read more...]