Why are there only so many daylight hours?
Now it's spring for sure and things are popping around here. Our daffodils are in full bloom after sitting under snowbanks for months and boy do they look beautiful! Our friend, Heather, came late...
We all had a very happy Mother’s Day
As in our past, which has now become a family tradition, we spent the morning of Mother's Day at Byrnes Greenhouse in Zim, Minnesota. We meet up and visit while picking out a cartload...
With warm weather, we’re kicking into high gear
I've been transplanting peppers and tomatoes for weeks now and the greenhouse is starting to fill up with Styrofoam cups of plants. And boy-oh-boy do they ever love that! They're growing like weeds, nice...
We had a nice family get together on Sunday
Our family was unable to have Easter dinner together, due to their other family obligations, so we set Sunday as our unofficial Easter dinner. Granddaughter, Ava's pony, Whinny, and our burro, Crystal, also badly...
It’s raining baby goats at our homestead
Last fall, I introduced our buck to our does, figuring we'd be having kids in early May, when the spring weather was getting nice. Well, two days ago, our oldest doe, Bella, surprised us...