The beetles are here
No, not the Beatles. These are Blister beetles, and they are eating the tar out of our potato vines! I first saw them when I walked the two 100-foot rows the day before yesterday.
These...
Lots has been happening
The spring rush is here in full force with sunny, nice weather. Things are really jumping on the homestead. We have two turkeys sitting on eggs and three hens have already hatched baby chicks....
Harvest continues and so does the canning
As we had some really cold weather move in, we had picked all our pumpkins and squash and held them in the unheated porch. When it got too cold we had to move them...
We finally finished our new pasture fence
Two days ago, we finished our new pasture fence and moved our very large steers from the goat pasture over to their new summer home. I was a little nervous, as cattle sometimes get...
We’re back on track
Finally, after a long time of having things that were "unworking," Will has the water system fixed very nicely as well as the oven. Finally! Thanks to our wonderful readers, he checked the ignitor...