I’m just getting over the stomach flu and there’s a freeze coming!
Ma Nature waits for no one. I'm just getting through a week long bout with the stomach flu and the weather radio is predicting temperatures in the 20s on Tuesday night. EEEKKKK! So we've...
Fall harvest means piles of vegetables in the whole house
We have been harvesting like mad — tomatoes, corn, squash, and pumpkins — fearing a frost will pop up unexpectedly. And, as I'm going in for knee surgery tomorrow for my meniscus tears, I...
The tulips are up!
More signs of spring up north. Yesterday I woke up to a musical sound. Wolves? Nooooo... It sounds like geese. It IS geese! I threw open the window and the air was filled with...
Will’s at it again
First off, he got our Kawasaki Mule running and running well! Yea Will! He even took me for a speedy ride and then let me drive it. Then he went down the big hill...
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...