New Address
With the problems here in the last week or so, I have a new URL for my blog. http://edenhills.wordpress.com/ Sorry for the inconvenience, and I hope you found me.
Sunflower and Cakes
Look what is growing underneath the old gas tank where I hang the bird feeders for the wild birds. Evidentially, someone forgot to tell the seeds they were supposed to be sterile. I’m okay with that, but I’ll have to take it down before the seeds spread because farmers really do not like those big [...]
Too Hot to be Pregnant
Jill is five months pregnant. Our heat indexes across the state today ranged from 110 to 119 degrees. Jill is miserable. She spent a lot of time today laying under the workbench. Her breathing is just so fast with the heat and humidity. I tried convincing her she would feel better if she went outside [...]
Eggs and Issues
My sister has some chickens (a lot of chickens). Some are those wonderful Easter egg Araucanas. Every once in a while she gets an egg that is inordinately large. Well, she cracked one open and it had the normal white and yolk. It also had another kind of egg in it. Look at that. Have [...]
In My Mother’s Garden
I visited my mother’s garden and walked around. The fairies and many different flowers make this a magical place. Some are elegant and showy while others are merely weeds. She can see their beauty while most people mow them over. In my mother’s garden as a young girl I learned how much work a garden [...]
It’s a Zoo Around Here
It is a zoo around here, and all the animals have gone crazy. It started last night when I got home from putting up the electric fence around the sweet corn. As I pulled in the driveway I heard Big Red. I’m used to his scream. I hear it two or three times a day. [...]
Sweet Corn
We have about an acre of sweet corn planted at my mom’s house. See all the little tassels? There’s going to be a lot of corn. Jeremy is planning on having someone sit on a street corner by a truck full of sweet corn in a garden chair under a tiki umbrella drinking rum, I [...]
Reclaiming the Garden
The state’s motto used to be “A Place to Grow.” I don’t know what our motto is now, and I think they should have stuck with the old one. It’s very true. According to the USDA, Iowa is the leader in producing both corn and soybeans. Our rich black soil just begs to be cultivated. [...]
Pina Colada Cake
Although quite inadequate for all he’s done, Brandon’s payment for his help was a pina colada cake. I confess, I’ve had more than one person tell me that this cake is to die for. What I like about it is the easiness. Accolades for a tiny bit of work. Really, we’re taking a plain 9 x [...]
Build it and they will come.
We’ve had a lot of rainy days again lately. Even when it isn’t raining, it makes me feel lazy and unmotivated, and I hate wet feet. Maybe I am really part goat. I’ve spent a lot of time daydreaming about my wonderful farm market that still exists only in my mind. I guess since I’m [...]
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