Holy cow, the days fly by when you’re busy

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The tomato crop is coming in and I've been so busy picking them, labeling them, and saving seeds. My entire dining room table is covered with cups, mugs, half pint canning jars, and bowls...

Time to transplant those little seedlings

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It's hard to believe that those little seedlings are already big enough to transplant! But that's the way they grow. Just like kids. I'm beginning to transplant from the flats they grew in to...

The tulips are up!

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More signs of spring up north.  Yesterday I woke up to a musical sound.  Wolves?  Nooooo...  It sounds like geese.  It IS geese!  I threw open the window and the air was filled with...

Hope to see you at the Arlington Expo Friday and Saturday

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I will be at the Self Reliance Expo in Arlington, Texas, at the Arlington Convention Center. I have been very busy getting ready to go. When you're a homesteader, it's really hard to go...

Only in northern Minnesota

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We think only here can you have 92° F one day and two days later have to rush around protecting frost sensitive plants from freezing. Yup, that's what we did last night. The weather...