We’ll have a white Christmas
After a day without snow and rain, which is unheard of here in northern Minnesota this time of the year, we got a two-inch snowfall. Luckily, today the sun's out and it's pretty and...
It’s been hot, hot, hot — even here in northern Minnesota
Will has the fence around the new forty acres done to the point that the horses can be turned in, with four wires on three sides and two wires on the farthest side. It's...
Q and A: hens not laying, Hopi Pale Grey seeds, and storing bulk foods
Hens not laying
We have 4 Buff Orpingtons that turned 2 years old in May 2013 and 1 that turned 1 year old August 2013. About April the 4 older ones quit laying eggs. The...
The sun’s out and the sandhill cranes are flying
I was standing by the cow corral gate, waiting for Will to come with the tractor and another big round bale of hay when I heard this croaking sound up in the sky. My...
We’ve got a new farm dog!
Since our old labradors, three legged Pup (16 years old) and Wab (17 years old) died, we haven't had a good old farm dog. We have our three wolf-husky hybrids in the dog...