Every day brings us closer to spring
Spring is a season of firsts. A week ago, our pair of Canadian geese arrived on the partially melted beaver pond. Two days ago, a pair of Trumpeter swans stopped by for the day,...
Harvest is in full swing now
Will is busy raking and baling hay. Yes, he's late but so are most of the other farmers in our area, due to our crazy weather. And breakdowns! It's a beautiful fall day for...
Our fall weather is helping with harvest
I've been very busy the last few days, pulling in more dry beans to shell out. I'm talking about 5-gallon buckets plumb full and several of them. Thank God, my knees have been slowly...
We knew it was coming
For a couple of days, the weather forecasts were for a very heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures, along with high wind. (Hey, we heard in Hawaii, they got 100 mph winds and a foot...
Oh my! I have to can up a freezer full soon
I thought that Will had the meat from our two steers all sold. But he doesn't and a half of one of them has to stay in our freezer as the buyers are going...