Happy Spring!
I had a doctor's appointment this morning and he gave me his blessing to put off the surgery until later this spring so I can be sure to attend the Self Reliance Expo in...
Holy cow, the days fly by when you’re busy
The tomato crop is coming in and I've been so busy picking them, labeling them, and saving seeds. My entire dining room table is covered with cups, mugs, half pint canning jars, and bowls...
On the coldest night, a calf is born
It wasn't planned to have winter calves. But stuff happens on the homestead. One of our cows, who we thought was bred for an August calf, evidently didn't get bred and while running with...
What a week!
We've been busy harvesting tomatoes and Will has been also busy trying to get the last fields of hay baled up, which he was unable to get to sooner, due to all the rain...
Who said animals are dumb?
We had been having problems with deer getting into our Sand and Central gardens. Half was fenced with 6-foot welded wire where the Central garden side only had stock panels and a string of...






