We had one of “those” days
First off, our 5-year-old six-battery battery bank was quickly dying. It got so we didn't even have enough power to run a CFL to see to get up to go to the bathroom and...
Most of our road trips involve food
I bought honeyberries and bush cherries from Honeyberry USA, in Bagley, Minnesota several years ago. (I had met Bernis and Jim Ingvaldson, the owners, at the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Conference in January, held...
Will and I took a trip to the back of the Big Pines forty...
It was nice yesterday so Will took me out to see a spot he'd discovered while making ATV trails through the dead, blown-down fir on our new Big Pines forty. It was a gentle...
Spring’s here, the snow is gone, and we’re getting busy
As soon as the snow was gone (mostly) Will got out Old Yeller, our trusty John Deere 1010 crawler, and started in grading the site for our new 38x48-foot barn. Luckily, with the foot...
Growing herbs
Here's a summer photo of one of our mixed herb beds with broccoli and wild petunias for neighbors. We grow several types of basil, two of oregano, lemon mint, sage, tarragon, rosemary, chives, garlic...