Harvest time has begun

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We're so happy. Not only is our haying under full swing but I'm starting to can like mad! I've already put up two nice batches of pin cherry jelly with a lot more on...

Winter’s just around the corner

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We had ice on the animals' watering tanks this morning. Brrrrr. Will's been trimming dead trees that hang over the driveway and will cause trouble this winter when we plow snow. Luckily, a lot of...

Non-official beaver forecast

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Well, here it is, the official, non-official beaver weather forecast. My furry buddies out on the pond are saying that it is going to be another hot, dry summer. We'll see how that turns...

Yesterday we went from storing 300 gallons of water to 600!!

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Our friend Tom stopped by yesterday with a bag full of plumbing fittings and proceeded to hook our new water storage tank up, in series, to our old tank.  But first, I dumped a...

Did you ever have one of those days?

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Yesterday was mine. Early in the morning, Will sent me to Hibbing, 30 miles away, to rent the 2-inch trash pump again. First off, he needed it to draw down the muddy ground water...