Watch out; there’s a canning lid shortage!
My friend, Dara, called me the other day saying she had been in the stores and there were no canning jar lids. I asked...
Q and A: source for nut trees and harvesting squash and watermelons
Source for nut trees
Could you help with a source for nut trees that would grow in the northern Midwest? I live in Illinois on...
With this unseasonably warm weather, we’re getting a lot done
Usually at this time of the year, we have feet of snow still on the ground, plus huge snowplow mounds on the edges of...
Well, today’s high is -9° F
You can guess we're not doing much besides chores today. But, as spring is coming, I sat down and ordered some more fruit trees...
Will went to the sale barn; we now have five more calves!
Our neighbor, Jerry Yourceck, called Will two days ago and asked if he'd go with him to the livestock sale barn to help haul...


