Is it trash or is it treasure? Whatever it is we’re looking at, it’s all in HOW we look at it. ln WHO looks at it. It’s all in the perspective from which we look. As we know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! The word “trash” and “treasure” can be interchanged with…
Starting in May and stretching through June, miller moth season sweeps across the High Plains and into the foothills of the Rockies. It is a revolting, yet oddly fascinating spectacle that happens every spring. I don’t know how far north, or how far south it goes, but I DO know that it DEFINITELY goes right…
I have an infatuation with the sky. Maybe it’s because this sky is so BIG out here on the plains. Or maybe it’s because a farmer’s very being depends on what happens in the sky! Or….maybe it’s just me. When I lived over in paradise -aka, the Rockies- I loved the sky there, too….there just…
Corn smut has 2 very different faces. That’s not something just everyone knows! One face is corn smut, the other is Huitlacoche. Which face you see, is dependent on where you live, and what you are trying to grow! It is corn planting time, on the plains, and corn smut doesn’t show up for a…
We have a big patch of rhubarb in our yard. Five or six nice sized mounds of it, one of which has been there for over 50 years! When we moved onto the place, I planted 5 more mounds. I’m not sure what possessed me to think that we needed THAT much rhubarb….. My man…
I guess I should really confess…. This is not about tortillas. And no, it’s not a recipe. It is about plum trees….about WILD plum trees and bushes. To be MORE specific, it’s about the SMELL of these trees! I actually am not even SURE about the tree part…..I need some help here. I don’t even…
Welcome to spring on the prairie. A torrential late night rain/hailstorm, arrived on the high plains last night, turning the ground white, and wreaking havoc. It poured rained and hailed for 15-20 minutes….luckily it was small, hail…pea and gumball sized. We sometimes laugh at what the weather station calls “heavy rain”. This one, they said,…
I have LONG been a fan of the glorious benefits of nature, and sunshine…of just being outside. Just ask our children about that! Whether it means digging in the garden, just sitting “idle” watching clouds, or laying in the grass, watching the tiny inhabitants do their thing, I love it! Being outside cures a multitude…
Did you know that here on the high plains, spring doesn’t really have a lot to do with the weather? The very FIRST sign that spring is coming, is NOT the beautiful crocus! No, it’s not the sunshiney, cheery daffodils. Nor the intoxicatingly fragrant Hyacinths. No, spring is not announced here in the heartland by…
