The Hynes Family

Science is the search for causes – we see the effect, what caused it? No matter which route you take, you will ultimately get to the question: Who or what caused this universe? We see the effect, but how did it come to be? Evolution has never been able to explain it satisfactorily. Many advocates of...

Last year we tried tapping some maple trees on our property. We had such good success last year that we decided to try again. I started tapping most of the trees last week, and tapped a few more today. We got 6 gallons of sap yesterday (a good start into the season). I've been boiling the sap mostly...

Last week we got a few inches of snow. The snow started coming down in the morning, and in the afternoon we went out to play in it. We discovered that the snow was very wet and would easily roll in balls. Us little girls and Tim worked for most of the afternoon. We rolled lots of balls and built a snow...

Gardening on the flood plane has been an interesting experience. This year was our most productive yet; 3000+ pounds. Drought conditions are in our favor, as was the case this year. Of course during those especially wet years we’ve had only veggies that could be grown in bog (none) doing well. [photo...