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Getting the fields hayed

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We had our fields hayed this year, which means we're really farmers now!  Or maybe it means our place is a real farm?  Either way, we got to watch our fields being hayed, and it was pretty neat. The (real) farmer at the end of our road has had a bad hay season.  With the cold, wet spring, his hay crop was very poor.  Whereas in most years he would get 12 loads of hay from his fields from the first cutting, this year he only had 3!  So he was asking around the neighborhood if anyone wanted their fields hayed, and of course we said yes.  Last year we had to pay to have the whole thing brush hogged, so this would help save us money too.   Because the fields are rather hilly on the one side, and rather swampy on the other, the farmer was only able to hay about 1/3 to 1/2 of our fields.  I tried to be very sneaky about taking pictures because I didn't want to seem like a townie who has never seen a field being hayed before (which I haven't!), so s...
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Garden progress 2026

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 Life has been pretty busy around here lately, with the garden, visiting family, working on the house, and getting ready for winter (already!).  So today, we're just going to have a photo post, full of pictures from my garden.  Enjoy!       
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The Great Wait

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 I'm not sure how spring can be both long and short at the same time.  On one hand, we spend so much time waiting, and on another, we are so busy that we can't catch our breath.  It goes back and forth a lot, depending on the weather.  If it rains and snows for two weeks, we have no choice but to sit inside and wait.  Then one day we realize it has gotten warm enough to go outside, and two days later the garden is dry enough to work.  But hurry, there are only three more days of warm dry weather before it begins to rain again!    That is what our spring has been.  Wait, then rush.  I can't tell if I hate it or love it!  On the one hand it's frustrating having to work with nature's fickle ways, or if it's actually a wise way to work.  Sure, you get exhausted by three days of constant hard work, but then you get a two week break.   It's been two months since I last posted, and a lot has happened since then.  A...
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Spring is in the Air

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Winter is loosening its grip here in Western New York.  It's not over, of course, and will show it's snowy face again before too long, but we are actually beginning to see some nicer days.  I don't know about you, but when the weather begins to turn nice, I start getting restless, and I begin to think about all the projects I want to do!  One project we have wanted to do for a long time is put some new outlets in the kitchen.  It's a lovely old kitchen and I'm so grateful that it's almost totally original.  However, that means that the electricity is almost all original too, and it's not sufficient for modern appliances.  We can't, for instance, run the microwave and the toaster at the same time, or the electric tea kettle and the electric canner.  There's also only a small number of outlets, and those are badly positioned.   After getting our RO water filter, we needed a new place to put our coffee pot and electric tea kettle.  So after...
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