We’ve already put some of our windfall plywood to use
Yesterday I went town to get to two bearings I'd ordered for the wind charger. While I was gone, Will and David unloaded, by hand, the three piles of free plywood Will had gotten...
It finally rained — 3 inches
We knew it was coming so I got busy planting squash, melons, and corn, mostly in the North garden as it is chiefly clay. When it gets wet you can't even walk in it...
We made another giant step yesterday
First of all, I hope you all had as good a Thanksgiving as we did. The weather was perfect, sunny and not windy. While my sister, Sue and her son, Sean didn't...
Do you ever wonder what I lust after?
I'm like everyone else; sometimes I really, really want something. And I'm the one who preaches about deciding whether something is needed or just "wanted!" Like everyone, we're really broke after the holidays, too....
Q and A: Extracting juice from fruit
Extracting juice from fruit
It is Spring in Minnesota, finally! I am happy to see the flowers blooming on our black-cap and red raspberries. We are looking forward to harvesting them and the elderberries and...