We had a very nice Christmas Eve family gathering

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So our grandchildren could spend Christmas day enjoying their gifts and stockings, we decided to have our family Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve instead...

We finally got a good rain

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On Friday, I took our apprentice, Ashley, over to the Vince Shute Bear Sanctuary near Orr, Minnesota She'd never seen black bears in the...

Q and A: Soap residue, age of eggs, and True Gold corn seeds

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Soap residue in laundry and age of eggs I have been making my own soap, cleaner, etc. but, one very big problem I have and...

So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest

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Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've...

We’re already planning next year’s gardens

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Okay, you may think we're nuts, with all the snow and cold we've been experiencing. But to do a good job, we've got lots...