Monthly Archives: July 2014

Fire in the mountains

Posted on July 30, 2014 by youngholm

We awoke the last two mornings to the smell of smoke in the air. There’s a fire at El Portal in Yosemite and another over near North Fork. Neither of them currently pose a problem of fire for us, but … Continue reading →

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Melons

Posted on July 29, 2014 by youngholm

…or, as Betsy calls them, the pod people.

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Fritz inspects Betsy’s sunflowers

Posted on July 29, 2014 by youngholm
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Much better

Posted on July 24, 2014 by youngholm

We like this mutha’ string weed eater instead. Even Betsy can use this one, believe it or not.

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Mowing

Posted on July 23, 2014 by youngholm

We rented one of those big mutha’ brush mowers to cut the area outside the fence line. Cal Fire has pretty strict rules about fire risk abatement around here. I shaved a couple of boulders before I got the hang … Continue reading →

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Getting my new window

Posted on July 19, 2014 by youngholm

Before: During:

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The pups

Posted on July 14, 2014 by youngholm

after a hard day working the ranch. Sent from my iPad

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Phil has done wonders with the flowers

Posted on July 11, 2014 by youngholm

OMG… pod people!

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Melons

Posted on July 9, 2014 by youngholm

Our two cantaloupe and three watermelon vines are out of control.

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Corn…

Posted on July 8, 2014 by youngholm

…from our very own corn field! Sent from my iPad

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