We had sad news

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Our friend, Linda, who helped cook at our homestead seminars passed away recently and suddenly due to undiagnosed cancer. Her service brought tears to many of us who knew her and will certainly miss...

Freeze!

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Well, it finally happened -- Thursday night it froze. David came over in the afternoon after his college course was finished and helped Will cover what we could, hoping to save at least a...

It feels like fall

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All of a sudden, a cold front hit us with highs in the low fifties F plus very high wind. Boy was it cold! And, unfortunately, our son, Bill and his family, were scheduled...

We had a happy Easter

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I baked up a big smoked half ham from one of our pigs for Easter dinner. Our son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Kelly, along with our grandchildren, Mason and Ava were at our place...

If you thought we were bushed before…

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In spite of all the inches of rain we've been getting lately, our crops are ripening quickly. Every day I'm picking and taking the seed from many different varieties of tomatoes, from the little...