We’re sure hoping for more rain
In the meantime, I've begun watering in various gardens and the orchard. That's in between putting tomato cages on a trillion tomato plants. Will has been busy mulching and pounding in steel T posts...
Summer just got busier!
Haying time is upon us and we have been VERY busy this week. A neighbor had a hayfield that he wanted cut and we were extremely happy to be able to oblige him! David...
Q and A: Grain mill and lame chickens
Grain mill
I have been trying to make my own whole wheat bread by grinding my own grain but the loaves never rise properly. I think it is because the flour is not getting ground...
Q and A: cooling with no fridge, growing winter squash, and measuring flavored oil
Cooling with no fridge
Yesterday I arrived at our hunting trailer to prepare for a family canning bee only to discover that the fridge is dead. We do have one six-pack sized fridge that is...
Old Yeller’s waiting for parts so Will switched to working on another project
Will got the old bearing off of the rear axle of the bulldozer and luckily found a replacement housing for the one below the axle that had a chunk knocked out by the bearings...