We’re starting up the heat in the greenhouse

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I guess spring must be here. I've started transplanting peppers, first with the habaneros I planted early, but there are a whole lot more...

Oh my! I have to can up a freezer full soon

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I thought that Will had the meat from our two steers all sold. But he doesn't and a half of one of them has...

It’s barely spring and we are starting to put up next winter’s wood

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All last winter, David went out to a nearby clearcut and hauled wood home. It's great wood; ash and birch, primarily. Nice...

Q and A: Squash bugs and antibiotics

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Squash bugs and cucumber beetles We had such a hard time with squash bugs and cucumber beetles last year that we thought about lightweight fabric...

Why do you feed the birds? It’s a waste of money!

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Yes, I feed the birds.  Both summer and winter.  But the joy of the colorful interaction, just outside the window during the cold, bleak...