Our first tomatoes are ripe

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The tomatoes are slow this year due to the intense heat we had early on when they were starting to set blossoms. (When it...

Did I mention it’s raining?

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Yep, it's still raining. Boy, is this getting old! It did kind of quit on Sunday so I went out and dug the last...

We are putting our orchard to bed for winter

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Will is busy discing our new pasture on the new 40 acres so it'll be ready to plant in pasture seeding next spring. I'm...

Finally, our cold weather has passed

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For the last few days, the nighttime lows have been barely above zero and the daytime highs not reaching thirty, and with a strong...

It’s wood splitting time on the homestead

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With winter coming on us like a freight train, we suddenly have the urge to split wood. Although we have about four cords in...