Scoakat's Blog

I was looking through the pictures I took last week and found there weren't many.  I truly did just try to take it easy, and apparently ...

Plus commentary, that is. My wife and I spent time on separate chores this morning, mine at home and hers more unexpected and difficult.  By...

Basic flat bread has become a staple in our household, we always have some on hand in the freezer.  We use it for homemade gyros, sandwiches...

It appeared we may have one potato plant coming up, but a quick search online indicated it was only a weed.  We didn't want to buy a hug...

I've been busy this past week, resting and recreating takes a lot of time and effort.  I'm on my first real vacation in a year since...

Two years ago I tried to grow sunflowers from seeds bought online.  Out of 50 seeds planted directly into the ground I got just one good pla...

On Sunday, Kate and I finally rolled up our sleeves and got some work done in our small yard and gardens.  She was determined to try tomatoe...

I got a wild thought last week to make my own mozzarella cheese.  I either looked up or saw a video in my feed that I watched, and it just s...

It's shameful how I've been neglecting the fire pit this year, but fall is here so I think it will be easier to get out there more n...

Happy belated summer solstice, everyone.  Hard to believe the days start getting shorter already.  I took some pictures out in the yard last...

Peonies are a beautiful spring flower, yet, inevitably, it seems to rain hard every year right after they start blooming - or at least when ...

We planted some new bushes today along the new fence in the tree stump area.  I had to remove several plants when we regraded the lot line t...

After seeing family yesterday I got home early in the afternoon, plenty of time to tackle some more spring chores.  I got the back steps pow...

The weather was dry and the winds were low for the first time on a weekend night in some time, so Friday evening I had my first official fir...

The fence installers left me two pickets from the back fence that they removed in the corner and replaced with new, plus 8 new pickets.  Thi...

Our new cedar fence was installed yesterday with few issues.  In fact, they were done by noon, a couple hours before the daylight very notic...

The last thing to do before having the fence installed was to move the firewood, and we dumped it to the ground this afternoon. We put down ...

It started snowing by 2:00 this afternoon, a heavy, wet, accumulating snow.  It's due to snow through tomorrow and into Thursday morning...

Preparation of the property line for the new fence had stalled since the last post, very much due to weather and my back.  Yesterday I got t...

Yesterday I completed getting the bulk of the plant matter out of the strip of the stump area by the fence, 4 five-gallon buckets full.  My ...