Every dog I’ve ever had learned about skunks the hard way — and in its own time. Dinah, the current young one, reached her time a few nights ago. She’s the black dog on the right, below.

I hadn’t been asleep long when the brouhaha began the first night. I awakened to the faint, but distinctive [...]

January 3 overnight low – 14 degrees.
January 5 high – 71 degrees
January 6 high – 73 degrees
January 7 high – 71 degrees
Cover the greenhouse beds, uncover the greenhouse beds, yada yada yada. We had moderate damage to the mature lettuce on that 14-degree night. The low temperature reading under the floating row covers was 21 [...]

Me and the titmouse are still working on the goals and plans for 2008. We’ll let you know when the list has been whittled down from grandiose to what can reasonably get done in 2008 even if all goes precisely according to plan.