We have all discussed simplifying our lives, purging what we don’t need, and evaluating how we spend money to live a more frugal life. Wolf came to me today and said he wanted to delete Tormentid and move Howling Hill to a free hosting site.

I like being an independent blogger but at almost $100 a year it’s not really…well, frugal. So he’ll be deleting this domain. Fear not! he did move Howling Hill over to WordPress so the new site is here on WordPress. Please update your blogrolls. I don’t want to lose any of my blogger friends.

Jaxsun Trifang Moon, our beloved Siberian Husky, died today. He was in liver failure.

Taken in 2006

He lived with us for five years and I hope he enjoyed them. I hope we were good dog people. I hope he will not harbor ill will toward us for ending his life so he wouldn’t suffer any longer.

Playing in the snow a few weeks ago

If you feel inclined, please donate to Patriot Siberian Husky Rescue in his name. PSHR is the organization who paired us with Jaxsun. They’re a good group of people who do great work for Huskies.

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Today I planted three different types of squash and a bunch of tomatoes. I can’t do anymore planting until I get more containers. But, oh!, does it feel good to have my hands in some soil.

The weather has turned warmer. It’s raining out so I’m hoping it’ll wash this damnable snow away.

Spring!
Spring!
Spring!

Today I started putting my seeds in some potting soil. Not the way I usually do it, but the way I chose to this year. In the past many of the seeds I put to sprout didn’t make it so I decided to start by just putting the seeds into some soil to see if that works any better. I chose potting soil because it’s the only thing they had at Agway. I’ll have to remember to pull some soil out of the garden this year so I can start in our soil, not potting soil.

Anyways, I planted Walla Walla onions and three different types of cucumbers: National Pickling, Mexican Sour Gherkin, and…maybe just two different types. Tomorrow I will start on the tomatoes and other seeds.

Spring!

Spring!

Spring!

Jaxsun enjoyed laying on the 6+ foot snowbank the other day when Sun was out and actually melting some of this infernal snow.

Welcome Friday Ark and Carnival of the Cats readers! Yes, after a long hiatus, we here at Howling Hill have returned. It’s good to be back.

Since I’m not working for The (Wo)Man I said to Wolf I want us to get chickens this year. He wants to wait until next year because he wants to have a chicken tractor built before we get chicks.

Those of you with chickens, what do you think: Should the tractor be built first or should the chicks come first?

For my Michigan readers out there. Just found the site so I can’t tell you much about it, but at first glance, it looks wonderful!

Edited to add: it’s snowing out again. We’re to get another 4-8 inches.

This is me about to go postal.

I’ve had enough with winter.

Harley says “quit taking my f’n picture and open the window. It’s freezing out here!”
That’s my picnic table. The small hump next to it is a chair.

I had to put a towel between the two doors so catch any melting snow. However, the air temperature has not gotten about 30 in weeks.

I haven’t been posting much because there isn’t much to say. It’s cold. It’s icy. It’s snowy. Spring is very far away.

I haven’t started my seeds because I can’t get into the shed where my supplies are.