Monthly Archives: February 2016

It takes a leap

February 29, 2016 · by · in Home, Nature · 2 Comments

  Leap day, 2016. Pity we don’t get to have a leap day more often.  But perhaps the rarity makes it all the more special.  One of my brothers will celebrate a birthday tomorrow.  He was born in a leap year and just several hours past the end of leap day.  If he’d managed to […]

One year in the mirror

February 22, 2016 · by · in agricultural science, Nature · Leave a comment

This blog started out a year ago today. It has surprised and embarrassed, teased and brazened me.  I hope it hasn’t caused anyone to wonder if they’d wasted their time in stopping by. Rather than spend any further effort gazing at a navel I thought I’d revisit a story from last spring concerning cover crops.  […]