The “F” word strikes our garden — we had a freeze

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We'd been dodging the bullet for a month now and as we listened to our weather radio two days ago, we cringed when we...

De ja vu! We got hit again with a blizzard

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We just got dug out of the last one with the bulldozer and plow truck (which ended up having to go to the Ford...

Q and A: canning caramel and chocolate sauce, planting corn, and yields for canning...

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Canning caramel and chocolate sauce I have easy and delicious recipes for Caramel Sauce and Chocolate Sauce that I'd like to can for Christmas gifts....

Spring’s on the way so we’re finishing indoor projects fast

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With snow melting outdoors and little pepper plants happily growing in our greenhouse, we're trying to finish up a few indoor projects because we...

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...