Building Raised Garden Beds
This is one of those times were I am glad I know someone with a big truck. This little garden...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | May 28, 2014 | Spring | 0 |
This is one of those times were I am glad I know someone with a big truck. This little garden...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | May 3, 2013 | Spring | 0 |
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. – Mark...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | Mar 7, 2013 | Spring | 0 |
We have a little garden patch along the side of the house. While it’s doesn’t produce...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | Mar 17, 2012 | Buy Local, Facebook, Newsletter, RelyLocal Business Member, Spring | 0 |
May the luck of the Irish be with you! Welcome and Happy St. Patrick’s Day this weekend. I can’t believe the warm weather and it only being March. It seems like our calendar has skipped a month and we’ve been...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | Mar 6, 2012 | News, Spring | 0 |
This weekend marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time in the US. Early in the morning on Sunday, March 11 we all need to set our clocks ahead one hour. Although it may be easier to do this task on Saturday night before you go...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | May 25, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Spring | 1 |
Two weeks to the day from hatching, the baby robins left the nest to stake their own claim in the world. The first two birds left the nest this morning, bird number four, the smallest, is still hanging in the nest. I expect he...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | May 24, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Spring | 0 |
The baby robins on my front porch, being almost two weeks old, can hardly fit in the nest anymore. They also have a voracious appetite for worms. Two male robins are taking turns feeding them. The first robin will fly up to the...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | May 21, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Photographs, Spring | 0 |
The boys (and girls) of summer are out on the ballfields. Just about any weeknight you’ll find them at the various little league parks in the city. If you want to see some great baseball, stop on by and cheer them on....
Read Moreby Michael Martens | May 17, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Photographs, Spring | 0 |
The as the hatchlings grow and grow, the robin nesting on the front porch makes dozens of trips to the nest with worms. The babies have a voracious appetite and the father makes at least 5 trips an hour with a fresh batch of...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | May 11, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Photographs, Spring | 0 |
It looks like the two robin eggs hatched this morning. The daddy robin has been bringing worms back to the nest all day. They are pretty tiny and scrawny right now, but these little hatchlings will grow pretty fast and by the...
Read Moreby Michael Martens | Apr 29, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Spring | 0 |
it’s a beautiful Friday morning and the robin on my porch is enjoying the day while sitting on his nest. We should have baby robins in a couple of weeks....
Read Moreby Michael Martens | Apr 27, 2011 | Fun Stuff, Spring | 1 |
For the past two weeks I’ve been watching the Robin build a nest on our front porch. The wet, windy weather hasn’t been conducive to nest building, so every time he got a nest started, it would blow away. This...
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