Like everyone we’re trying to get ready for Christmas on our homestead
Like most homesteaders we know, we struggle with cash this time of the year. Grain prices have been horrible. Hay, which we buy from a neighbor in big round bales, is expensive and we...
Great News! Backwoods Home Magazine will be back in print!
I just got an e-mail from Dave Duffy, the publisher of BHM saying his son, Sam, will be re-launching the print edition of the magazine. It will be the same as before with all...
Harvest is starting
Although we have just got a few ripe tomatoes, I'm starting in canning in earnest. I already did my batch of rhubarb conserve, then on Friday, I went out and picked all of our...
Sorry for not blogging
After a lengthy downhill slide, Mom passed away Friday morning, at the nursing home, in her sleep. We had known it was coming as she had been failing quickly, so my sisters and I...
Our first robin arrived today
I was so jealous of my sisters, Sue and Deb. Both had flocks of robins arriving in their yards. Us? Nada. But today our first one arrived, and we were so thrilled! Will was...