We’re loving the squash/pumpkin crop this year

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As it was a warm summer with plenty of rain, our pumpkins and squash did wonderfully well. So did the squash and pumpkins that our friend, Dara, grew. She helps us grow out different...

It’s hard to weed when it pours every ten minutes

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Will and I have been trying hard to get ahead of the weeds everywhere. Some days, we make great progress. Yesterday, he ran the tiller between corn and bean rows in the Wolf Garden...

Well, it froze!

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We'd been expecting a freeze and preparing mightily for it, but when we woke up to white on the grass, it was still sort of a shock. We did all we could, covering the...

Believe it or not, it’s raining

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Rain, this time of the year, in northern Minnesota is pretty rare. We usually have snow, instead. The deer hunters are not enjoying being on stand in a cold rain! But, as the weather...

Will is haying like mad now that we have some dry weather

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Will got so far behind in haying due to all the wet weather we had. Now, he's working morning to evening, trying to get caught up. (He's usually done haying in early August. That's...