Our cover crops are doing great!

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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

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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...

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We're getting snow Not much, but it's our first snow of the year and it's not sticking to anything. Yet. This is much later than...

We added a new breed of chicken to the homestead

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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!

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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...