It’s cloudy, but the rain stopped

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Thank God! It's so much nicer to bring in a bounteous harvest when we're not wading through wet weeds (yep, we've got 'em) and leaves. I've been busy canning more sweet corn and another...

Harvest is in full swing now

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With fall upon us and frost and freezing not so far away, we're hauling in the harvest by the crate load. On Saturday, Will went out to the Wolf Garden and cut and crated...

Holy cow, I feel like I’ve been holding my breath for three days

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Three nights in a row we were under a frost advisory for our area. The first two nights, we got down to 30 F, but, fortunately, it must not have been for long because...

Today our high is -5

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We've definitely been having some cold weather lately. At night, the lows have regularly been -30° F with the highs still below zero. The house creaks and cracks as the logs contract with the...

We love off-season canning!

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Most folks think of canning as only something you do in the fall when harvest is in. Sure, I do a lot more canning then, as I'm bringing in tons (literally) of ripe tomatoes,...