Harvest time is a busy time on our homestead
It seems that everything is coming ripe at the same time this year. Add our seed business, requiring hundreds of varieties of seeds which need harvesting and drying, and then the canning that goes...
Oh my goodness! Where are the days going?
We've been hitting the gardens hard every single day now that the weather's changed into warm and dry. We are planting about 76 tomatoes every day, plus doing some corn, squash, and assorted other...
We were surprised to see a low of 5 degrees F on our weather...
The forecast was to be a high of 35 degrees F today, so when I woke up, I checked the weather station on our shelf, as I always do in the morning. But I...
The sun is out and the birds are singing
Okay, so it's only -6 degrees but that's okay. With the sun shining brightly, our solar panels are charging like mad, and it actually feels warmer than it is. What a huge improvement over...
We’re preparing for a big snowstorm
The forecasters are saying we may be getting up to 18 inches of blowing, drifting snow today, into tomorrow. Ish! Will hauled some big round bales into the training ring, then moved the cows...