See! Even those black clouds have a silver lining!
Tonight, with rain threatening, this huge cloud bank boiled up in the west, just as the sun was setting. It reminded me once again that no matter how bleak and black things seem at...
Summer’s in full swing
While Will is busy flat-siding the heavy support beams for the barn on our new Hud-Son sawmill, I'm busy making strawberry jam and syrup from our strawberries we planted two years ago. Last year,...
We’ve started on the second section of the equipment shed
With the first 12x24-foot section of our new storage shed fairly finished and stacked a quarter full of firewood already, we've moved on to the next and highest section. The center section will be...
Lots of harvesting going on now
Not only are our tomatoes going great guns so I can bring in baskets full every day, but the peppers are starting to ripen. I'm not canning tomato recipes yet so I'm grinding and...
In between rains we’ve been working in the garden
Rain, rain, rain, UGH! I've had enough, already. But, hey, it's been good for the garden. We now have thigh high sweet corn, squash and cucumbers that are starting to run, and very nice...