We knew rain was headed our way, so we planted, planted, planted
Yesterday was a butt buster, for sure. It was a beautiful, partly cloudy day in the sixties, but rain was forecast for today. So, both Will and I were very busy gardening. I set...
The weather station is posting the F word
No, not that "F" word — frost! Tomorrow night, the temperature is diving down to a forecast of 35 degrees F. That's fine, but we usually have temperatures about 5 degrees colder than what...
So it’s January? We’re thinking of spring already
While I was canning up a bunch of hamburger, Will was clearing another patch of logged-over ground for a new pasture. This one is below the goat pasture, and when fenced, will give us...
Only in Minnesota!
No, we aren’t so tough here that we take baths outside in a snowdrift. David and Will just carried our VERY heavy, old, cast iron bathtub down 14 stairs and set it outside in...
I’m packing for the NPSA Conference…with a little help
Tomorrow, I'm flying to Aberdeen, South Dakota, for the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture conference so today I'm madly packing (www.npsas.org/news-events/winter-conference.html. Click on the conference schedule button on the right of the page to see...