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Eric and I took our trek to Madison County Soil Water Conservation District (SWCD) to pick up our minnows, large mouth bass and catfish for stocking our ponds this morning. It is about an hour drive from our house to Route 12B just north of Hamilton. I know the route well as my [...] Yesterday I called Oneida County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) to get a recommendation for local fish hatcheries that would supply minnows for my ponds. They were at a loss, as they no longer supplied fish and could only recommend Gander Mtn (!?!). I asked if adjoining county SWCDs still sold fish and they [...] This past weekend was rainy and cold. I had to take care of Eric so he and I spent 2 hours to organize our “camping room”. We have a small ex-bedroom upstairs designated as “The Camping Room”. In it is a closet of clothes, a hutch with medical supplies and three western saddles, but [...] This past week we closed on 40 acres of land located across from our house and current property. We currently have about 2 acres that our house and barn are located on, plus 13 acres of pastureland, with the two new ponds and additionally now we have the wooded brushy land across from us. [...] Just some odds & ends of items to catch up on. Kathryn, Eric and Linda returned from a mini-vacation celebrating the end of Kathryn’s school term. They went to Rochester & Buffalo seeing Niagara Falls, the Butterfly Museum, zoo and Aquarium. I stayed home, worked, had an aborted canoe trip and [...] This past Saturday we hiked the Trenton Falls Gorge with our friends the Helmers. We had done the trip in October of 2004 when they first opened the trail and we were looking forward to seeing some of the falls with a higher volume of spring run off. While it was a pleasant walk and [...] |
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