Rain, rain, rain, rain
Yep, we've had a rainy week! Cold and windy with rain. Not fun.
Will's working on building us a tub-style chicken plucker that I've dubbed Will's Chicken Tornado, built out of scraps of this and...
Take a look at Becky’s tomato!
Becky B. sent us this photo of her Bill Bean tomato she raised last year from our seeds. Isn't it pretty? And BIG too! — Good job, Becky!
I baked up half a ham and...
It’s springtime crazy around here!
After waiting so long for nice weather, we're making very good use of it! We disbudded all five of our goat kids. That's one of our least favorite homestead jobs but we feel it's...
After a wet snow, the sun is back out — Happy Spring!
On the first day of spring, we reflect on how grateful we are. Our weather's turned nice again, into the forties with sun. Will and David managed to haul more than 9 full truckloads...
How times change!
Twenty-five years ago friends bought a piece of wild woods in northern Minnesota where electricity was not available. There was no cabin or other buildings and friends of theirs and their family thought they...