I hope you all had a safe and happy Christmas
Here in northern Minnesota, we had just gotten over a week of sub-zero high temperatures and high wind. So just having a bit warmer day seemed like a true gift. As our family get-together...
One of the nine baby turkeys went missing!
Will went out to do chores this morning and counted baby turkeys. There were only eight! We've been seeing mama fox and her half-grown babies quite near the buildings, so we just assumed that...
We froze out last night
Not only did we have a frost, but it was also a deep freeze, with temps down to the very low twenties! We knew it was coming and picked nearly everything in the garden,...
Our heat continues but the garden loves it
Our intense heat spell is continuing so we spend afternoons sitting in our cool soaking tub in between working. It sure helps. The humidity has been a killer and the sweat just rolls off...
When it’s -25 we do indoor stuff
Although we work outdoors much of the winter, when a severe cold snap hits, we find plenty to do indoors. And this week we'll be doing a lot of indoor work! For five days,...