Northview Diary

Ready for just a little pinch These seed pods of the pale touch me not , or jewel weed (the spotted orange ones work fine too) are more fun...

Or is it hate ? (hard to tell with a cat.) (Especially a warped cat. And Elvis is warped...hates all other cats with a killing passion. We ...

Liz and I are off to a conference today to hear David Martosko speak. Hopefully we will see you tomorrow. Meanwhile, a funny thing happened...

Needed at SUNY Potsdam. Seems every few nights somebody burns popcorn in the dorm where Becky lives , causing middle of the night fire drill...

Late blight has been hitting the northeast in a big way , spread I guess from some tomatoes from some garden center. I grew my plants from s...

But rather knotted honey locust. Last year when I was weeding the asparagus that grows right next to the house (a volunteer) I discovered y...

Are the perfect gift around this house. ...Thus my birthday was perfect due to quantities of books. I should have been too old to squeal wit...

As longtime readers may know , we received a while back the unlikely gift of a turkey hen that is imprinted on people. Her name is Lucy. Sh...

Check out the second tractor to run in this video from the 2009 Dansville tractor pull. Alan is lucky enough to know the crew and driver (...

Did we have fun with this one? Oh, yes, we really did. At first I thought I might not even try ....so busy this time of year. Then once we g...

Toes!!

Years ago my late and much missed mother-in-law planted an apple tree. Her late husband, Grandpa Delbert to my kids, planted a grape vine. ...

Take one solid, not to be seen through unless you have x-ray vision , milk house door. Add milk filters, long (wet) snaky tubes of fiber use...

When your pumpkins don't grow, but other vegetables do, We found this cute little blue-eyed blond sunbathing in our flower bed the other...

Erin, at Raising Country Kids , has an excellent post about some of the phrases a farm wife hates to hear. Although we have milk checks ins...

A large percentage of farm work is repetitious a nd indeed often downright boring. Even a responsible job like milking is largely routine an...

Hillbilly Delux e, never still for a moment and her sister (not to mention cousin) Moments Grain we want grain!! Pet us, please, please plea...

2006 Sundae on the Farm at Hu-Hill Farm, one of my favorites ever The big event will take place this Sunday, 12-4, at the Conbeer Farm ove...