Yep, I’m still alive and kickin’

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I am back at home after my gallbladder surgery last Thursday. Luckily it was the minimally invasive type and I only had three "holes" in my tummy. The pain wasn't too bad but I...

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Planting, planting, planting … between the rains We've been getting very little sunshine between the rains. When it's nice, we've been planting like crazy. So far we've got in tons of different corns in various...

Q and A: Ball canning lids, pruning apple trees with fire blight, wine yeast,...

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Ball canning lids I was reading on the internet where Ball has changed their procedures on their new canning lids. It seems that you no longer simmer the lids. To do so, now often causes...

The Wolf garden annex is almost ready to fence

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Will has been busy working and re-working the ground in the new garden we've named the "Wolf Annex" as it is right next to the "old" Wolf garden. He's gotten all the rocks, boulders,...

Will took Old Yeller apart and we found new parts!

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Yesterday we went down to the Duluth area to visit Greg Larson. He has quite a few vintage bulldozer parts, especially parts for a 1010 John Deere, like ours. After a nice visit, in...