On the coldest night, a calf is born

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It wasn't planned to have winter calves. But stuff happens on the homestead. One of our cows, who we thought was bred for an...

We’re working on cultivating and mulching our gardens

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As our weather continues hot and mostly dry (despite a few rains we've been hugely thankful for) we are working daily at cultivating, now...

Q and A: cold winter, Hopi Pale Grey squash, and turmeric in pickles

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Cold winter Long time reader and in-town homesteader. We have been through the dryest gardening season we have had in our 40 years of marriage....

There was a terrible error in my latest tomato article in Backwoods Home Magazine

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I was having a hard time sleeping the night before last due to pain in my knees from over-doing it. (Yes, they're better but...

Boy, how time flies!

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I just came across pictures of Sarge, taken the day I brought him home. He was so little! Hondo towered above him several inches....