Our cover crops are doing great!
We planted cover crops in the orchard (wheat, a small strip of oats and alfalfa) and peas in the future strawberry bed in the...
Q and A: watering in hoop houses, blackberry syrup, and oven canning
Watering in hoop houses and blackberry syrup
Since we've had two summers of extremely hot, dry weather, I think the hoop houses might be the...
We added a new breed of chicken to the homestead
Yesterday, our friend Dick called to see if we were still interested in getting a few of his rare breed chickens. Of course, I...
Will went to the sale barn; we now have five more calves!
Our neighbor, Jerry Yourceck, called Will two days ago and asked if he'd go with him to the livestock sale barn to help haul...




