Our wheat is up!
Because of the escalating price of wheat, we desperately wanted to get in even a small patch this spring. But where??? Our garden was a whole lot bigger, but not ready to plant wheat,...
New chickens on the homestead get a new coop
We had unexpected new chickens. My oldest son, Bill, called to say that his father-in-law had 12 heavy laying hens that he was given in the spring and he didn't want to winter them....
Between raindrops, Will gets the tiller fixed
We've been having a real rainy mid-May with flash flood warnings on the weather radio nearly every day. Luckily when we picked out our homestead land it was on high ground with absolutely no...
A beautiful day, getting ready for a big snowstorm tomorrow
It doesn't seem possible, with temps in the high forties and the sun shining brightly above, in a blue sky, but yes, they are forecasting a storm warning for us tomorrow. The amounts of...
We’re getting plenty of spring rain
Yes, we need it to perk up the pastures and hayfields, but it sure is hard to do outside work when it's raining off and on all day … all week. But just before...