New chickens on the homestead get a new coop
We had unexpected new chickens. My oldest son, Bill, called to say that his father-in-law had 12 heavy laying hens that he was given in the spring and he didn't want to winter them....
Harvest is starting, big time!
Slowly, the earliest tomatoes ripened, then more of them, now the mid-season vines are cranking out tomatoes by the basket full. After all, we planted more than 200 tomato plants this year. I'm kept...
Q and A: meat bones, weed killer with soap, worming goats, and re-canning corn
Meat bones and weed killer with soap
First. If you take deer bones after cutting deer up, cut up bones and boil you will be surprised how much more meat from the bones that can...
It’s been hot, hot, hot — even here in northern Minnesota
Will has the fence around the new forty acres done to the point that the horses can be turned in, with four wires on three sides and two wires on the farthest side. It's...
Weeds, weeds, and more weeds
With hot weather plus rain every couple of days, our weeds are having a field day. We've been working hard to keep them under control. I've been running the smaller rototiller through the corn...