We had a merry Christmas

6
On Saturday, my sister, Sue, and nephew, Sean, came up for Christmas as Sean had to work Sunday. David and Sean got to target shoot in the gravel pit and we had a nice...

We’ve got all our tomatoes in the main garden, caged and mulched

8
It's a big job, getting all our tomatoes ready to grow; first we pull the WallO' Waters off them, then weed each and mulch heavily. Then each gets a steel T-post and heavy duty...

So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest

6
Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've been especially thrilled with our Hansen's Bush Cherries. The fruit...

Will’s friend, Christian, joins our homestead

11
Christian had been planning on attending our seminar. But when he was suddenly faced with a housing screw-up, we invited him to join us for however long he wished to stay. Will and I...

Finally, spring is here!

14
After the second longest winter in northern Minnesota history, spring is finally here. Our temperature today is a sunny 50 and the snow and ice are going away fast. (Usually, we're in the garden...