We’re still in harvest mode after all these weeks
This afternoon we're going out to dig the last of our potatoes, two 75-foot rows in our old pig pasture. We already have the North Garden and the Main Garden, so instead of continuing...
I don’t know what it is about cold weather — it makes me want...
Not only am I canning up more beef and tomorrow the two "extra" turkeys in our freezer but I'm digging into my recipe book and baking some good whole wheat bread and my Half-time...
Well, our bad luck struck again
To make a long story shorter, Will ended up in the ER to get a CT scan, as his doctor suspected a blockage in a bile duct, in his liver. His numbers were way...
Harvest continues and a new crop is growing INSIDE
I saved a turkey roasting pan full of sliced pumpkin pieces from our huge pumpkin to dehydrate. As the temperatures were hot and dry (unusual for this time of year in northern Minnesota!), I...
We’re raising our own baby chicks this year
Every year, we've bought baby meat chicks to raise to butcher and have gotten real tired of them being so DUMB and hardly able to walk. It didn't seem natural. So last spring, we...