It’s been a different week
I've been busy cleaning out my raspberry-choked flower beds in the front yard, getting ready to renew them. Around here, wild raspberries are among the worst of weeds, spreading by underground rhizomes, popping up...
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...
We’re madly trying to get our 2020 Seed Treasures catalog finished
Where do the days go, anyway? I'm thinking we have to give up sleeping or something, between normal homestead chores, canning, and getting ready for the 2020 garden. Already we're starting to get seed...
What a crazy week
With the warmer weather, we've stayed busy cutting and splitting wood, picking up things, and buying a new-to-us truck. Our old plow truck is pretty rusted out so we've quit licensing and insuring it,...
Sorry I didn’t blog Monday
We were hugely busy getting ready for me to take a two day (or more) jaunt to Mayo Clinic with our carpenter friend, Tom, who was due for his once-every-three-year checkups. It's a six...