Our sunny, warm weather is continuing
Ok, so now we're worrying about drought again. But in the meantime, we're working like mad. I tilled the area where our onion plants will be planted, starting today. Will's busy tilling the rest...
We’ve hit the big gardens full force
We got some warm, dry days and we're really at it now. Will tried out the new-to-us manure spreader and I watched as he made his first pass in the Wolf Garden. We have...
I’m canning nearly every day now
Our beans are in! And so are our peppers. This year I'm making batch after batch of Cowboy Candy, a candied jalapeño. Wow, are they ever good and really not all that hot. Especially...
Oh my! I have to can up a freezer full soon
I thought that Will had the meat from our two steers all sold. But he doesn't and a half of one of them has to stay in our freezer as the buyers are going...
How do you keep livestock water from freezing solid off-grid?
Obviously, we can't use an electric stock tank heater. Propane heaters are expensive to buy -- and to run! Will remembered his dad telling him about his chore, as a kid, of having to...