Only in northern Minnesota

23
We think only here can you have 92° F one day and two days later have to rush around protecting frost sensitive plants from freezing. Yup, that's what we did last night. The weather...

Well, the knee surgery went well

53
But boy did it knock me flat! I mean I was in bed all day yesterday. Me! Yep. But today I was able to safely do away with the walker and gently hobble about....

Our latest snow is helping fix last year’s drought

15
Although we were really ready for all the snow to be gone and woke up to two more inches and falling snow this morning, we aren't too bummed about it. After last summer's severe...

Still raining but I just made the best salsa

23
A good friend of mine in Wyoming had gotten some sundried tomatoes from a market, from Turkey. She asked me if I thought the seeds would grow. I didn't know for sure, but she...

Homesteading isn’t all peaches and cream — sometimes it’s weeds and sour milk.

18
Generally homesteading is a wonderfully fulfilling life. That's until you go out first thing in the dewy morning to see six cows happily munching down the last of the Seneca Sunrise sweet corn in...