This is our second year of gardening on the homestead. Work, plus 5” of rain the past two days has keep us out of the garden this week until today. Picked the first green beans and cantaloupe, plus more cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini and squash.
I share your sorrow. We lost our first to an egg bound prolapse on Thursday. It was heartbreaking to say the least. Thanks for your post and for chronicling your experience so others can learn.
Greeting to all from NW Missouri (near Lawson). After 25 years of living in the city, we bought 20 acres with a log home and log dog house that at one time had heat, air, plumbing and 6 dog doors. Both had been vacant for over 10 years, so over time vandals had taken the heating and a/c unit...