And a partridge in a pear tree…
Okay, here in northern Minnesota, they call Ruffed Grouse "partridge," and the one I saw tonight was in our birch tree in the front...
Warm weather is finally here!
Yesterday it was 45 and today they say we'll hit 50 and the sun is out. What a relief! I never appreciated water dripping...
It’s still raining
Boy is it hard to get things done outside when it's raining all day, every day. Grump, grump, grump! I pulled our last carrots...
I’m being buried in peppers!
That's true, but we're not complaining. Our hoop house has made a terrific difference in our pepper-growing here on our northern Minnesota homestead. The...
Q and A: cleaning eggs and canning on a rocket stove
Cleaning eggs
I have a small chicken tractor with just two hens. The roost nest is in the back furthest from the open "run" area....