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 took time to party
On Saturday, we drove down to my son, Bill's, for granddaughter Ava's fifth birthday party. The weather was nice and we had a great time visiting with all the family and Bill's friend, Andy...
Well, our last seminar was a big success
We had a wonderful group and although it did rain one day pretty hard, we switched up our schedule and went right ahead indoors. Due to a few folks' emergencies, our intended fifteen attendees...
The Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Conference was a big success
I flew down to Aberdeen, South Dakota, on Wednesday afternoon as my first workshop was on Thursday. It was an all-afternoon session on gardening and canning. I'm always amazed at how many folks have...
Spring is officially here — we saw robins today
Will bummed me out this morning. He got up earlier than I did and saw our first robin in the tree in our backyard. But I one-upped him when I drove to town this...