Well, tomorrow’s the day

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I've been trying to get ready for my knee replacement surgery for a week now, trying to think of everything I can do now to make things easier down the road. Extra seed packet...

Our snow is here to stay, I’m thinking

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We do our outside chores then come inside to work hard at shelling corn, winnowing away the chaff in the wind outside, then stock both our shelf bins and seed packets, print out labels,...

We’re making good use of this very nice spring weather

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Our season is very short here in northern Minnesota, so we're hard at work trying to get everything — especially the long-season crops — planted in the gardens. Yep, it's hard work and we're...

Our winter has left us — for a few days

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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...

We are getting more snow, but there is lots to do inside

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When it snows a lot, it isn't always a bad thing. First off, it usually means we're getting warmer weather, which we are — 20's above zero! We also spend more time indoors and...