Acres and acres of pumpkins
We sure had fun yesterday even though it was kind of trying to rain off and on. We drove 60 miles to a big market garden west of us to pick up a heaping...
See you at the MREA Fair!
We worked like dogs today to get ready to drive down to Custer, Wisconsin, to the MREA Fair. We have a mama pig ready to farrow and no fence around the pig house that...
QandA: Goat with mastitis and Canning chicken
Goat with mastitis
We are far from a vet and have a goat that has developed mastitis. She has triplets and we don't want to lose her. Other than warm compresses, milking her out, and...
We’re happy to share our homestead, even with snakes
We have a large, fat garter snake hanging around which gives us a startle once in awhile. But we like having him around as he eats plenty of grasshoppers and other pests in the...
Springtime is fencing time!
Because of our extremely early spring, the frost has gone out early, and we're able to get at fencing VERY early. This time, it's finishing the fencing in the old horse pasture and building...