We had New Years Eve baby goats
I have been watching our Nubian doe, Bella, for many days as she was getting close to kidding and the weather's been cold. Since we're off grid, there's no way to provide heat for...
How times change!
Twenty-five years ago friends bought a piece of wild woods in northern Minnesota where electricity was not available. There was no cabin or other buildings and friends of theirs and their family thought they...
To reduce the Christmas stress, I’m starting early baking
Fortunately, the weather has been subzero and still snowing, so we spend more time indoors lately. My son, Bill, and his family have been without power for nearly four days, while he's been sick...
Will and I have been busy with early spring projects
As usual, we have been spreading manure on all of our nine gardens. Well, Will runs the tractor and loader and I open and close gates, chasing cows away from them so he can...
Things got a little nuts around here
Unfortunately, my handicapped, adopted son, Javid, developed a bone infection from a pressure sore he's been fighting for some time. He was in the ICU for a while, on IV antibiotics and was recently...