Category Archives: Pets

Pike & Blackberries

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Tom

Pike is having a blast exploring and meeting everyone and everything.  The cats are mixed of opinion.  Puddy Man, who is the bully of the other two, is terrified of the puppy who is only 2/3 his size.  Flower does … Continue reading →

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Brigadier General Zebulon Montgomery Pike

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Tom

Well, probably just going to call him “Pike”. It took 5 naps on his part before he had really wanted to explore here at home, but he is happy exploring, and it warms my heart to see Phoebe with a … Continue reading →

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Lost My Curly Girl Today

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Tom

We outlive them all  until the last one, but it is never easy. That was her last hunting trip back in November.Her favorite food. On the lookout for chipmunks up at the cabin. With her friend Emmet at the Ness … Continue reading →

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A Week Of Late Nights

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Tom

I am kind of losing track of days and nights.  Taking the weekend off to run away up north last weekend meant I had about 20 hours to try to make up in regards to what is on my plate … Continue reading →

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Adickes Tuesday Run

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Tom

That is what it felt like.  Some kind of marathon which started with a commute early in the morning to an office, and ended with the moon late in the evening on a farm. The Three Sisters planting is really … Continue reading →

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Evening At Pasture Adickes Farm

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Tom

Last night we got in a good solid two and a half hours in the evening, ahead of the rain, and the garden there is really looking nice.  First, we went through the garden and picked rocks and bits of … Continue reading →

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Pretty Much Done

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Tom

I worked from dinner to dark on Friday, dawn to dusk on Saturday, and tried to work in wet clay after a rain on Sunday.  The size of the garden is what it is.  I am not going to try … Continue reading →

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Still Planting

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Tom

Right now things are soaked again.  But Tuesday night I got back out to the Adickes farm with Claire and in just under 4 hours we got in 180 feet of Tiger Eye beans, 140 feet of Contender green beans, … Continue reading →

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Memorial Weekend, Ness And Adickes

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Tom

That picture is from the end of the say on Saturday.  Patti and Jerid watching half of the various detritus Jerid needs to get rid of.    Biggest bonfire I have seen in a long time. That was not how the … Continue reading →

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Planting Cabbage With Cats

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Tom

Patti came out with me this evening to the Adickes farm.  Violet, Claire and Phoebe came along to play with the Adickes kids.  Nearly 3 hours of jumping on a trampoline and chasing cats for the kids.  200+ cabbage and … Continue reading →

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