Winter’s still here, although it’s really only fall
Last night we had a temperature of 7° F. Holy cow, it's not even the end of the month yet — October, that is! We usually are in the fifties with lows in the...
Due to out of control Canadian wildfires, our sky has been orange with smoke
We're always on the lookout for fire, here in the Northwoods. After all, we are in a very dry period and often, city folks burn their trash, have campfires, bonfires, and roast marshmallows with...
Hey! Spring’s back
After a week of back to back blizzards, the sun came out and the temperature climbed to 50 degrees today. It was SO nice. And today my son Bill and his wife,...
We’ve had snow, but the firewood is nearly in
Last week, we had an unexpected, early snow. Twig, south of us, got over 8" of snow and it's still partly on the ground! Luckily, we didn't get much, so we kept splitting and...
The rafters for the calf barn go up despite the cold and drizzle
I got to "play" with our Hud-Son bandsaw mill this afternoon. We had picked the last of our sweet corn after it had gotten frosted. Because sweet corn will convert sugars to starch in...