Thought I would share some updated photos of the garden bounty around here.  The squash have literally taken over my garden, and I have been getting about 2-3 zucchini and 2-3 yellow squash daily.  My tomatoes have started to ripen on the vine too!  As soon as they begin to turn red, I pull them, and...

Yes, I think we have an insect plague going on around here!  Yes indeed.  You see... some little yellow and black monsters have invaded us. I don't know where they are coming from, but they have taken over every inch of ground in this area.  It is not just a problem here at my house, but in this area. ...

I don't know about you, but cooking/baking in the summer is tedious work. We have had an exceptionally hot summer here in North Idaho, with little relief from temperatures in the 80s, 90s, and even up into the 100s.  Usually I like to grill out during the summertime, but we have no covered porch, and so our grill...

The hummingbirds have been very busy around here lately! With all the hot weather, they have been busy as beavers humming around, keeping me busy as an ant supplying sugar water for them. I've had to change their sugar water almost daily!  I think I have between 5-6 hummingbirds that have nests close by.  These...