My ham and bean soup turned out perfect
Make that perfect plus! Wow — I sneaked a taste as I ladled it into the jars and even I am impressed. Now we have 14 pints of nice bean soup sitting on the...
Our mule learns to load in a trailer…the easy way
When I bought our weanling mule, Domino, she was as wild as a deer. She'd never been touched by human hands. Thus, she was pretty skittery. I worked with her all last winter and...
Finally! The snow’s about gone!
With temperatures in the high sixties and not freezing at night, our three feet of snow has been melting fast. And yesterday for the first time this spring, I walked in our orchard. How...
Our 12-volt household water pump failed so we had a barbecue
Our water pump which supplies water pressure to the house has been going for quite a while. The pressure switch is wearing out. And as my son Bill works for Oak Lake RV and...
It’s amazing what you can get done with nice weather here
While I'm busy transplanting over-grown tomato seedlings into very tall Styrofoam cups, Will is out at the end of the Wolf Road, cutting up the ash logs for firewood and hauling them home to...