Will is starting to clear pasture on our new forty acres
Old Yeller's working again. Because we have so little snow on the ground, Will has begun to clear the more open section of the new forty acres. Right now, it's covered mostly with grass,...
Q and A: lettuce, beans, peas, onions, and garlic and canning curried goat
Lettuce, beans, peas, onions, and garlic
Does leaf lettuce and stinging nettle cross pollinate? I found both red and green leaf lettuce with stickers on the back of the leaves today. One is starting to...
We count our blessings as Christmas nears
We're really grateful for so many different things. We are grateful for each other and for this wonderful homestead that just keeps getting better every day.
When I think of moving here in 2003, in...
Fall is here for sure
Our temperatures are starting to drop and our fall rains are kicking in periodically. It was supposed to rain today, so I set out harvesting a trailer load of gourds, fancy squash, and pumpkins...
We woke up to -7 yesterday morning
So I was kind of surprised when it had warmed up to 5 above, Will asked if I wanted to go down and split a truckload of firewood. What the heck — I put...