We’re plowing out after a foot of new snow
We listen to the weather radio every morning to check upcoming weather. We'd bought a used haybine at a farm 65 miles southwest of us, so now we can cut our own hay. We...
The wild lady slipper orchids are blooming
We have a secret spot where the wild lady slipper orchids bloom abundantly around June 24th. Not just one or two of these rare orchids (that are the Minnesota state flower), but dozens and...
We’re continuing in the “get ready for winter” mode
In between other projects, while waiting for more cash to continue working on the barn, Will finished pushing brush piles together with Old Yeller, our trusty 'dozer, then disced the field again to ready...
Q and A: canning dense foods and black cherries
Canning dense foods
I put up many different things for our family. My rule of thumb is always process for the ingredient which has the longest time associated with it, such meat in pasta sauce...
It’s still raining
Seven inches Sunday and four last night! I'll swear I saw a bearded man at the lumberyard ordering cubits of lumber for an ark … Luckily, our gardens were well tilled before it hit...