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Tag Archives: New Blogger
Beekeeping
Beekeeping is hot right now. The only other thing close to it is chicken keeping. Chicken keeping I’m very familiar with, but beekeeping I wanted to learn more about. On a recent Saturday morning, my granddaughter and I went to … Continue reading
Painting and Friendship
I love to paint – craft projects, walls, fences, houses, whatever – I enjoy it. After a professional career in Corporate America, I find painting relaxing. It provides a beginning, a middle, and an end. When you are done, you … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged Chickens, Craft painting, Crafts, Friendship, Funky chicken, Laughter, New Blogger, Painting, Primitive painting, Sheep
7 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – 08/01/12
Posted in Photography, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Camping, Ducks, Ellacoya State Park, Family Camping, New Blogger, NH State Parks, Wordless Wednesday
2 Comments
Lunch at New Castle
Last Sunday it was a beautiful sunny day, and we decided to drive about 25 minutes to New Castle Common and take our lunch. We found out quickly we weren’t the only ones who had the same idea. The Common … Continue reading
Wellies
Wellies are fashionably hot or so it seems. The mall, the local feed store – wherever you go someone is wearing them out and about in every color and pattern imaginable. When you look up their origin, the current rubber … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Farm boots, Farm chores, Gardening, New Blogger, Nordstrom, Rain boots, Target, Tractor Supply, Wellie boots, Wellies, Wellington boots
3 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – 07/25/12
Posted in Photography, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Cottage gardens, Cottage perennials, Day lilies, Gardening, New Blogger, Perennials, Wordless Wednesday
1 Comment
Blueberries
It’s blueberry season here in New England – hooray! We have very productive, established high bush blueberry plants here on the farm, but we all love them so much it seems we can’t ever get too many. So, the other day … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gardening
Tagged Bees, Blueberries, Blueberry picking, Buy local, Eat local, Farmers' Market, Gardening, Hoop house, New Blogger, Rivard Farm, Tomatoes, U Pick Blueberries
9 Comments
Camping – Ellacoya State Park
We’re back from a wonderful week of camping with the grandkids. Ellacoya State Park, Gilford, NH, is on the southwest shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, the state’s largest lake. The Coleman CT260 bunk house served us well – again. The campground … Continue reading
Gone Camping – Ellacoya State Park
The to-do-list for this camping trip includes relaxing, swimming, hiking around the park, playing rummy, picking wild blackberries, eating at the picnic table, swimming, visiting Laconia, looking for the wild ducks, checking out a local farm and its produce stand, … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Family
Tagged Camping, Ducks, Ellacoya State Park, Family Camping, Fresh produce, Hiking, Lake Winnipesaukee, Local farm, New Blogger, NH State Parks, Swimming
2 Comments
Plastic Row Cover – Gardening Review
Last year we built a hoop house and saw first hand how plants could thrive in that environment. The plants were protected from the harsh effects of the weather but received plenty of sun and heat to encourage growth. While … Continue reading
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