We had a quiet, happy New Year

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Where most folks went out partying, we just stayed home and enjoyed the fire in the wood stove. No, we sure didn't stay up until midnight to watch the ball drop. Hey, we're homesteaders,...

I’ll swear Will and I are growing webs between our toes

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We've only had one sunny (kind of) day in a week. It's weather for ducks and geese. This makes getting anything done around here a nasty job — squish, squish, squish. We were thrilled...

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...

I don’t know what it is about cold weather — it makes me want...

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Not only am I canning up more beef and tomorrow the two "extra" turkeys in our freezer but I'm digging into my recipe book and baking some good whole wheat bread and my Half-time...

You know the old saying “It never rains but it pours”

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That's just what's going on here on the homestead. Will worked on the broken-down Oliver tractor all day Saturday in the snow and got absolutely nowhere. Then, on Sunday, he figured out how to...