Things are pretty normal lately

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Will's been having good luck haying and is out today, baling up two nice fields, trying to get it done before it rains this afternoon. We're not complaining about the rain though, as we...

I had a great trip out west with Bill and his family

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My oldest son, Bill, and his family invited me to go with them on a trip to Yellowstone National Park and parts of Montana, so even though I still have tons of harvesting/canning/seed saving...

Why bother canning so much?

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I get this question a lot. After all, on a good year I'll can up dozens and dozens of jars of a good crop that's had a great growing year. Sweet corn, for instance....

We’ve got a frost warning for Friday night

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Holy cow, from the eighties down to 33 degrees F, forecast for Friday night/Saturday morning. It's been a very challenging summer for the gardens so far and we sure didn't need that. We've still...

Our last calf has just been born

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We have been expecting this calf to come any day — since last month! So we brought Lady into the training ring, where she would have a nice barn and we could watch her...