We’re preparing for a big snow storm

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Although it's beautiful out today, with the sun shining brightly and no wind, the forecast is for a big snow arriving Wednesday evening through Thursday. Minneapolis is possibly going to get 20 inches or...

We’re experiencing a near-blizzard

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Yesterday the snow and wind started in force. We'd learned of the storm forecast the day before, so we set out extra big round bales for the cows and horses and Will hauled up...

We got our hay in just before the rain

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We knew a storm was coming and we had 85 bales of hay on the field. So even though it was 85 degrees with high humidity, we went at it and picked up the...

Three feet of snow, -5 F, and I’m starting to plant

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Now that may sound totally crazy (especially when our last spring frost date is around June 12th or so. But there are a few crops that need to be started early. One of these...

We had a lovely, sunny day in the fifties

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It was so wonderful! The sun was shining so brightly I needed sunglasses. And boy, did the snow melt! The entire west side of the goat shed slid off with a roar, dumping three...