With the help of friends, we got 275 tomatoes planted in one day

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My friends, Dara, her daughter-in-law, Grace, and Heather came over yesterday morning and by mid-afternoon, we had not only planted all of the tomato varieties we'll be growing this year but also got four...

Our last winter calf has been born

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After weeks of waiting on this and that heifer to have their calves, our last one, Lady, had hers. Of course it was -21° F that night. Luckily, when I went down to check...

With dry, warm weather, we’re hard at work

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Thankfully, we haven't had a freeze yet. So, we're able to let a lot of crops finish that wouldn't have made it if it had frozen. Our friends, Sherri and Dara were here on...

We’re preparing for a big snow storm

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Although it's beautiful out today, with the sun shining brightly and no wind, the forecast is for a big snow arriving Wednesday evening through Thursday. Minneapolis is possibly going to get 20 inches or...

We were expecting an inch of new snow; we got nearly a foot!

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Although we keep a close watch on the weather forecasts, both on the TV and weather radio, nobody was forecasting a foot of snow for us. But when we woke up, expecting that inch,...