We finally got a Baltimore Oriole
After weeks of waiting, we were finally rewarded by seeing a Baltimore Oriole in a birch tree off of our deck. He tried to drink from our hummingbird feeder with no results. He flew...
Q and A: Painted Mountain corn and canning grape juice
Painted Mountain corn
We can grow Painted Mountain corn in our short growing season here, too. It's one of the only breeds of corn I can dependably grow here every summer. The animals like it...
Q and A: laundry soap and giving spoiled fruit to livestock
Laundry soap
Is your laundry soap recipe, found in BHM, safe to wash our baby's clothes in? We are expecting our first child in October. One of the questions that was raised by grandma was...
Okay, around here, it’s officially winter
I know early November is really "fall" but we got our first snow weeks ago and it's still with us. And then we got a foot more … and today it's snowing again. So...
We’re so thrilled with our warmer weather
After two weeks of sub-zero highs, we're dancing around in the sunlight, with temperatures melting the snow off our roofs and making our chickens sing. Will went over and paid for his new bulldozer...