We finally were blessed by rain
After a week of exceptionally hot, sunny weather, we were tremendously happy to see rain clouds building up after we came in from the garden. Our friend, Dara, had started four flats of our...
Q and A: apple barbeque sauce, harvesting rhubarb, and potato blight
Apple Barbeque Sauce
I am getting ready to make Apple Barbeque sauce that is in the Backwoods Home Cooking cookbook. The recipe is by Richard Blunt. Do you know if this recipe can be processed,...
Yep, we’re getting over our fall
Well, after quite a scare, Will and I are sore, stiff, and slow, but on the mend. Two days ago Will baled and help stack 634 bales of hay. Luckily, David and his girlfriend's...
We’ve so enjoyed spring-like weather this weekend
With the sun out and temperatures nearing sixty, we have really enjoyed this weekend. We spent it mostly picking up around the yard as the snow melted. Boy, it's shocking at how much "junk"...
Trouble seems to come in threes
First off, Will's trying to get started haying and the last time he set out to cut hay, it poured rain even though the weather radio said "sunny and hot." Ha! Then David's rear...