We’ve had snow and freezing, but harvest continues
Today I finished up the last minute harvest in our garden. It was windy, wintery, and raw, but I pulled two five-gallon buckets of...
Today it’s snowing and blowing.
So, today I thought I'd get the onions, which have been lying on an old sheet, on the floor of the enclosed back porch,...
It’s always great to discover what your homesteading friends are doing
Recently, I drove to Ely, Minnesota, to visit with my friend Virginia and see what she and her husband have done to take container...
Mid-winter but no cabin fever
Sure, I'd rather have less snow and cold. But if our weather up here in northern Minnesota was milder, the whole state would be...
We had really dense smoke for two days
When I got up at 5 a.m., everything was orange. The trees, the grass — everything. The smoke was so dense I thought we...