Yesterday we had a memorial service for our son, Javid
He passed away after a long siege of health issues in February. But we wanted to wait to have a service for him until the weather was nicer and the wild fruit trees in...
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...
Well, Minnesota is due to go into lockdown Friday morning
We knew it was coming since Michigan and Wisconsin ended up doing that recently as the Covid-19 virus increased in strength. So we sold packages of seeds to a local fellow who wanted to...
The sun’s shining and the birds are singing
Ok, ok, so we're due for another 8 inches of snow tomorrow. It's today I'm talking about! And we're just so glad to see the sun. Even though it was -3 degrees F last...
Will got the big field baled up before the rain
It was a real race yesterday as black clouds gathered above. It sure didn't help when we saw a pair of turkey vultures sitting on the old farmhouse chimney, watching him go around and...