We’re beating the Blue Jays to our corn
Will and I have been busy picking, shucking, and roping up our various varieties of corn to beat the darned birds to it. I'm so glad to have him helping me as between my...
Sorry I didn’t blog Monday
We were hugely busy getting ready for me to take a two day (or more) jaunt to Mayo Clinic with our carpenter friend, Tom, who was due for his once-every-three-year checkups. It's a six...
Rain, rain, go away
Since we are expecting copious amounts of rain today through Friday, we spent the last few days madly picking various crops. We are still having trouble with blackbirds by the hundreds eating our corn...
I found Prairie Magic apples!
I've been looking online and calling around but when I had to go to Virginia (MN), a little voice whispered in my ear "try Vern's Greenhouse," a greenhouse only a few blocks off of...
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...