Our weather’s been perfect although dry

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It seems like our beavers' forecast is coming true. We haven't had a speck of rain for 10 days. But we're not complaining. We've...

Freeze!

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Well, it finally happened -- Thursday night it froze. David came over in the afternoon after his college course was finished and helped Will...

The clutch went out on our new big Oliver tractor

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Yesterday Will was hauling manure out onto our new pasture on the new forty acres and after seven loads, the clutch started acting up....

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....

By being neighborly, we get help with our storage building

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For three years now, my 18 year old son, David, has been helping our 80+ year old neighbor, Jerry Yourczek, make hay. He's learned...