When it’s windy and below zero outside, we work inside!
This last few days it's been below zero with a 25 mph wind, bringing the wind chill down so miserably that we couldn't do much outside. So, because we've built as we could afford...
With a leap of faith, we planted our second crop of potatoes on July...
And they are making potatoes! With our weird spring, our first rows of potatoes were a miserable failure; a few scattered plants. But I bought more and was given a bunch more, yet, so...
Q and A: saving hybrid corn seed, dehydrating previously frozen berries, and moving homesteads
Saving hybrid corn seed
Can I successfully save seed from my "Incredible" sweet corn? Will it grow true?
Dawn Norcross
Orion, Illinois
You can save the seed but because it's a hybrid the resultant seed will not...
We’re really enjoying warmer weather
Will's been out twice more, cutting and hauling that great dead black ash firewood from the edge of our big beaver pond. The snow's so deep that he has to doze a path to...
Talk about rushing around!
Holy cow, it seems like every day is busier than the last. We've even had some friends out to help with the harvest, but it seems like there just aren't enough hours in a...