Winter’s first storm is a shakedown cruise
This winter came with a big BANG, in the form of cold and first a foot of new snow, then after only two days, another eight inches. We thought we were ready. ...
We had a very full weekend
On Saturday morning, Will and David took off early to start working on David's cabin. As our weather's been nasty for so long, it was good to get at it again. David had hoped...
Now that most of the snow’s gone, we’re hurrying to finish jobs
The two feet of snow is mostly gone and the ground froze, at least a bit. So Will is hurrying to haul our last hay home from the fields. He's had a little tractor...
Will finally started the wood kitchen range
This year has been so busy that I just didn't get around to cleaning and starting the wood kitchen range. Last night, it was -18 degrees, so we were so glad to have it...
We woke up to -7 yesterday morning
So I was kind of surprised when it had warmed up to 5 above, Will asked if I wanted to go down and split a truckload of firewood. What the heck — I put...