Hooray, it’s fifty above!
The sun came out this morning and the temperature shot up. Now almost all of our snow is gone except some slush pack on our mile-long driveway that's kind of ugly. But, luckily, it's...
Whew, have we ever been busy!
First off, we had near-blizzard conditions with driving snow and 45 mph wind. And, of course, we had to set out big round bales for the cows! I man the gates (or would that...
It’s still hot and dry at the homestead
We've been planting like crazy every single day, from morning until dark. I got in dozens of 100-foot rows of beans, both pole and bush, quite a few rows of squash, about a half-acre...
We were surprised to see a low of 5 degrees F on our weather...
The forecast was to be a high of 35 degrees F today, so when I woke up, I checked the weather station on our shelf, as I always do in the morning. But I...
Canning apples is suddenly fun again!
Way back about 35 years ago, Mom and Dad owned a small apple orchard in southern Michigan. Most of their apples were Red Rome. Our family traveled there from Minnesota each fall to pick...