Our orchard is growing and growing
You'll remember that 2½ years ago, Will cleared off our wanna-be orchard of stumps, logs, and rocks, helping me fence it to keep out the deer. Then, two years ago, we planted lots of...
Will took Old Yeller apart and we found new parts!
Yesterday we went down to the Duluth area to visit Greg Larson. He has quite a few vintage bulldozer parts, especially parts for a 1010 John Deere, like ours. After a nice visit, in...
Spring on the homestead continues
Strangely, suddenly, it's spring, even though it's only March in northern Minnesota. I'm sure we'll have more snow and blustery weather, but it's in the high 40s, not 20s, and nearly all our snow...
Q and A: weather damage to raised beds and canning apple cider syrup
Weather damage to raised beds
A few days ago I noticed the boards of many of my raised beds have lifted off the ground. The boards lifted in some cases six inches off the ground....
After another two inches of rain, the sun’s out and work goes on
We were so happy to get another good rain. It came at night with a lot of thunder and lightning but no severe weather. We were worried about getting hail from the storm, but...