We recently celebrated granddaughter Ava’s 10th birthday
When asked what she wanted to do for her birthday, Ava told her parents she wanted to bring her best friend (and fellow horse lover), Audrey, up here to show her her pony, Whinny....
Don’t look now, but winter’s on the way
From temperatures in the sixties, we've been having highs in the low thirties along with wind, rain, and snow. Luckily, we have lots of projects to do inside on those days like canning, seeding...
Our winter has left us — for a few days
Here in Northern Minnesota, the first snow of the year seldom melts. But we're thankful that ours has and today it's already 41 degrees F, plus sunshine! I'm so glad. As usual, I'm late...
Oh oh, a freeze warning
Due to the tropical storm moving northward, it sucked a cold high down from Canada unexpectedly, after we had corn, beans, squash, and melons up in the gardens. Notice, I said "gardens" as in...
We’ve had several freezing nights
But harvesting and processing goes on. Every day I'm taking seed out of various tomatoes, melons, peppers, and beans, trying hard to save every single one. As this year was our worst gardening year...