Even though it was small, our seminar was a great success
This fall we only had one person attend our canning/homesteading seminar. But I'm sure Erin had fun and learned a lot. And being the only person, she got our undivided personal attention. We canned...
We had really dense smoke for two days
When I got up at 5 a.m., everything was orange. The trees, the grass — everything. The smoke was so dense I thought we had a fire nearby. You couldn't even see across the...
Mittens not only kills mice and rabbits, but weasels too
Our little half-pint kitty, Mittens, has turned out to be a very efficient homestead varmint catcher. She's caught hundreds of mice, voles and shrews, several full-sized rabbits and lately, she's caught three weasels! Now...
We finally got a Baltimore Oriole
After weeks of waiting, we were finally rewarded by seeing a Baltimore Oriole in a birch tree off of our deck. He tried to drink from our hummingbird feeder with no results. He flew...
The seed starting is gearing up, even in below zero temps
I've got all our pepper seeds started and am nearly done with the tomatoes. We had some old squash and pumpkin seeds, some of which were donated by a reader to whom I sent...