Our trailer/bridge gets dismantled and I’m doing germination tests on seeds
On the nicer days of this late winter season, Will and I have been out dismantling our new, old mobile home. Boy what a mess! We're salvaging a lot; some interior paneling for the...
The rain came
It's been so dry lately, with storms going north and south of us regularly. Where friend, Dara, several miles north of us got an inch, we didn't get a sprinkle. But, yesterday, it rained...
Well, summer’s cooking us
Neither Will nor I like hot weather. Perhaps that's one reason we live in Northern Minnesota! But boy oh boy have we ever had hot weather lately. It makes getting at those dratted weeds...
With the heat and the rain, boy, do we have bugs!
We've never had many mosquitoes here but this year I think everyone in Minnesota is complaining about them, us included. So we're fighting back! We put up eight new birdhouses and have several families...
It’s time to go through our storage bins in the root cellar
It's early spring and I'm going through our onions and potatoes, checking for soft veggies. Luckily, I've only found a dozen onions softening up. The Dakota Pearl potatoes are just barely getting sprouts and...