Mom is doing better and I’m getting the garden under control
After taking a downturn, Mom's doing much better today, and because my sisters were there to visit her, I took the day off to work in the garden. I'm kind of behind, and my...
Holy cow, the days fly by when you’re busy
The tomato crop is coming in and I've been so busy picking them, labeling them, and saving seeds. My entire dining room table is covered with cups, mugs, half pint canning jars, and bowls...
There was a terrible error in my latest tomato article in Backwoods Home Magazine
I was having a hard time sleeping the night before last due to pain in my knees from over-doing it. (Yes, they're better but when I push them, they react!) I'd just gotten my...
Harvest continues on the homestead
The last week has been very busy. Will baled 300 more square bales for our friend’s daughter and husband. They have sheep and goats on their homestead and round bales are inconvenient for them....
Amid our spring planting, a horrible fire destroys apartment building where David’s girlfriend lives
We were busy erecting and planting our hoop houses, complaining how late we were getting that done this year due to my knee surgery and the goofy spring (a foot of snow on the...