I don’t know what it is about cold weather — it makes me want...
Not only am I canning up more beef and tomorrow the two "extra" turkeys in our freezer but I'm digging into my recipe book and baking some good whole wheat bread and my Half-time...
It never rains but it pours
Okay, Will had his heart attack (and recovered), his cow dies, and our water line to the house froze. Then somebody bought up the 80 acres between our big Pines Forty and the road....
I’ve started plotting out our gardens for this year
Before the plotting, I'm still busy seeding out our squash, especially our favorite, Hopi Pale Grey. Will's whining for pumpkin pie made from it, so we'll see…
Even though we'll still be raising a bunch...
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...
Well, winter’s catching up with us a bit.
After all winter with very little snow or cold, a big winter storm is upon us. Well, they say it's a storm, but it's really just snow. It's snowed all day, and we have...