Our nice weather is holding

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Usually by deer season, we've got snow on the ground and it's pretty darned cold. But this year has been weird all together and lately we've been having temperatures in the fifties and even...

I have some sad news

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Our son, Javid, passed away yesterday morning, peacefully, in his sleep. Although it was very hard for me, I know he'd been fighting a good fight for a few years now and was very...

We’re starting our first serious harvest

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While I've been pulling in Costata Romanesco summer squash for a month now, along with harvesting lettuce and lots of asparagus (which I also canned up), our main gardens' first big harvest is tomatoes....

After a night of 20° F, now we are having Indian Summer

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It always seems to happen that way; we work, covering everything we can with blankets, tarps, and whatever we can find. That buys us a few days. But then — like a couple of...

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...