This time of the year, I’ve got more plants in the tub than people!
I've ordered lots of trees and bramble fruits for our orchard this year; I keep seeing these things bringing higher and higher outrageous prices and decided THIS year I'd get the orchard booted up....
Goat breeding season is beginning on our homestead
It's time we introduced our does to our new Boer buck, Thor. We breed two does the end of October or first of November, for late March or early April kids, and two a...
Q and A: Onions, Canning pudding, and Cutting hay
Onions
I have been reading about how onions can be used to trap bacteria. Recommendations include using raw, unpeeled onions as well as onions cut in half. The recommendation is to never re-use a cut...
Layout of new garden and Canning questions
Layout of new garden
My question concerns the layout of a new vegetable garden. There is a large, relatively flat area with full sun in which we want to start preparing wide beds for next...
We hope you had a very merry Christmas
We did, here at our homestead. My sister and nephew came from the Duluth area to share Christmas dinner with us. As usual, I cooked much more than we could eat, but that only...