From 78 degrees F down to a near blizzard

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Our weather is so Minnesota April. We nearly always get that last big storm, and I was hoping it wouldn't come this year, after we had a week of beautiful warm weather. Our family...

Old Rusty came home Sunday

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My oldest son, Bill, has a 3/4 ton diesel pickup with a gooseneck trailer that can haul the weight of Old Rusty, Will's new guy-toy (Dresser bulldozer) so we planned on having a family...

The last campfire of the year was for burning my cast iron pans

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We love sitting around the campfire at night. There's just something comforting about those flickering flames and the smell of pine smoke. Maybe it's the Native in us? But this time, I had more...

With rain in the forecast, we worked extra hard yesterday

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We've been kind of dry for the past several days, which was a blessing, as we could plant, plant, plant. We're pretty sore but got in more pole beans and seven 80-foot rows of...

We’re digging potatoes today, with a new family member

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It's unseasonably warm today, sunny and 75 degrees. A perfect day to get those potatoes out of the ground and down in the basement. But first we had to haul out all of the...