We had a good time at the MREA Fair

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My carpenter friend, Tom, and I manned the booth at Custer, Wisconsin, this weekend. We met a lot of old friends and met new ones. It's just like a family reunion! I got to...

We have babies!

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It's a boy … and a beautiful girl. Their mom, Shadow, has always given us a single buck kid, for years. So when I went out to feed this morning I noticed she'd dug...

We had a great, although rainy Memorial Weekend

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Saturday, Will and our wonderful apprentice, Alisha, cut lumber and finished the board and batten siding on our new barn. Alisha learned to use Will's pneumatic air gun to drive the nails. She used...

Our wheat is up!

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Because of the escalating price of wheat, we desperately wanted to get in even a small patch this spring.  But where???  Our garden was a whole lot bigger, but not ready to plant wheat,...

Will made his last trip over the creek; it’s flowing under the ice bridge

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As spring progresses here in the Northwoods, Will made his last voyage over the snow-packed ice bridge, over the creek to the ash flats on the other side of the beaver pond. He brought...