The Work Begins

We are out of the house, the power has been disconnected, with a 

temporary power source installed,

and our new water well was drilled.

Each day there is a hum of activity

and I stop by there to pick up our mail daily.

Really I just use the excuse to be over there

to see the progression of work.

This project is really a GO, 

and I am getting excited about 

our finish date in November.

Yes, you can build a whole new house in

four months.

The next time we saw our house, it was a hole in the ground.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Happy Monday,

Biz

My Favorite Pink Legume

Good fall day to you and happy Friday to boot.

Every since I have been travelling between Big Timber and Harlowton, Montana this field of Sainfoin has absolutely mesmerized me. How can there be an entire field of just pink flowers? This year the hail had its way with the legume crop but many flowers still perked up to bloom. So this time, instead of just rubber necking the field from afar, I parked the rig and hopped the fence. Afterall, how could one be trespassing if for the sake of science I must further investigate? I would talk to anyone who might stop for a visit while I was having a little photo shoot, but no one stopped to chat about what I was doing on the wrong side of the fence and why? Aside from being gorgeous, this special legume is nitrogen fixing and beneficial in soil and the nutrient cycle and it is non-bloating for critters should they over eat in a green field. NRCS recommends Sainfoin in some wildlife plantings and some seed mixes for pasture plantings but I have never seen a whole field of the plant. Check it out for yourself in the photos below and learn even more HERE.













See what I am talking about?


We have a weekend packed full of canning plum jelly, cabin chores, dates with friends, our first try of the sauna at the cabin, and bird hunting on private land. I am just giddy.


I hope you have swell plans.
Be well,
Frisky Bisquit

A Field Day in the Big Horn Mountains

Yesterday we traveled deep into the Big Horn Mountains

of Montana to teach a soils class to

graduating seniors from the

Crow Indian Reservation.

Kate, Jeremy and I had a swell

time teaching.

Black Canyon is so beautiful, pristine,

and an ideal place for a work day.

As a cartographer for the NRCS,

I get the opportunity to teach kids, too.

I really like this part of my job.

Kate spotted this mushroom and she didn't know what it was.

Lucky for me, I DO, and we ate if for dinner.

This little tasty beauty is a wild Morel Mushroom.

Really mid June is a bit late for these,

but we are just getting a bit of sun from summer now.

Time to look for more, as this is the only

Morel I have harvested.

NOTE:

Make sure you know what you are eating,

False Morels are poisonous.

With Love and Squeezes,

Krissy Fletchy