Spencer had surgery
Our faithful "BIG DOG" Black Lab, has Spencer, had a tumor on his hind leg. Although it was relatively small and didn't seem attached, we opted to just leave it alone. But over the...
Cloudy, drizzly weather lets Will work on our water system
Our 12-volt water pump, which gives us water pressure from our two storage tanks in the basement, to our outlets like the sinks, toilet, and washing machine, was getting worn out. Will decided to...
“Strike while the iron is hot”
This is our "second" farm motto! (The first is "Mo' poo poo.") The company where David works is starting to cut their own bolts (square logs) that they then use to manufacture milled logs...
We’re looking for one or more apprentices this spring
As our seed business is growing and we are getting older, we'd like to open our homestead to an additional apprentice or two. Our wonder-gal, Alisha, now has a boyfriend who has a farm...
Q and A: saving squash seeds, Hopi Pale Grey squash, and apple-walnut cake
Saving squash seeds
I harvested basketball sizes of Hopi squash this fall -- and we had the squash for our Canadian Thanksgiving this past weekend. You are absolutely right -- DELICIOUS. Quick question regarding saving...