Whew! We’re done haying … again
Will helped out our neighbor, cutting a hayfield which hadn't been cut for two years. It was matted with dead grass which made cutting it tough. But he got it done, then baled it...
It never rains but it pours
Okay, Will had his heart attack (and recovered), his cow dies, and our water line to the house froze. Then somebody bought up the 80 acres between our big Pines Forty and the road....
All of a sudden, spring has sprung
From lows of -5 degrees F just a few nights ago, today's high is supposed to be in the low 60s! Holy cow, that's warming even our nights to the high 40s. Yep, the...
We got a frost but the sun is out and the birds are singing
A couple of nights ago, we finally got a fairly light frost. It was spotty for us; some gardens got hammered, others not at all and still others, some plants were affected, and others...
It’s pepper planting time at the homestead
While it's not really pepper seed planting time here, we have to get an early start as we have so many different seeds to start. We are going with 40 different peppers, both sweet...