We’re enjoying nicer weather now
And we're getting a lot done, too. We just finished mulching, staking, and caging all 107 tomato plants and are working on weeding and mulching our main garden. Will is hard at work mulching...
We’re preparing for another big snowstorm
This time, they're forecasting power outages to be widespread, as the heavy, wet snow has frozen on the evergreen boughs, making them both extremely heavy and brittle. Of course, living off grid, that doesn't...
It’s time to go through our storage bins in the root cellar
It's early spring and I'm going through our onions and potatoes, checking for soft veggies. Luckily, I've only found a dozen onions softening up. The Dakota Pearl potatoes are just barely getting sprouts and...
With unseasonable warm weather, we’re getting a lot done.
Yep, we sure know winter's knocking at our doors so, after a period of cold, we are happy with this last week of nicely warm weather — even hitting into the mid 60's. Will...
Q and A: seal on a woodstove, planting peppers, and canning cheese
Seal on woodstove
We have a woodstove in our small cabin which is 700 sq. ft. Each year the seal on the inside of the door of the wood burner comes off and causes my...