We’re starting our first serious harvest
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....
When it rains, it pours.
Or snows actually. Last night we were driving home from the store and it began snowing. Then it really snowed, so heavily we could hardly see the road. And the temperatures are diving from...
We’re finally getting (nearly) done with planting
There are still more crops to get planted, but we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Will is hard at work getting our oats and hay seeded in. It's late this...
Our drought has finally broken
After all summer of fighting drought, we are finally receiving regular rain. Last night we got nearly ¾ of an inch. The pasture is regrowing and I have to mow the lawn, which is...
Our winter has left us — for a few days
Here in Northern Minnesota, the first snow of the year seldom melts. But we're thankful that ours has and today it's already 41 degrees F, plus sunshine! I'm so glad. As usual, I'm late...