The storm brought needed rains

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But now it's dry again. It's kind of hard on the garden as the soil has some clay in it and tends to crust...

It’s canning time around here

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Boy oh boy, is it! Because we have so much meat from the two steers we had butchered (folks who got a half are...

Our first peppers are doing really well

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After less than a week, the first hot peppers are popping up. First you see their "backs," the curved part of the stem that...

Things are pretty normal lately

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Will's been having good luck haying and is out today, baling up two nice fields, trying to get it done before it rains this...

We’re working on cultivating and mulching our gardens

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As our weather continues hot and mostly dry (despite a few rains we've been hugely thankful for) we are working daily at cultivating, now...