Things are really looking up
Every day, my knee is getting better, and Will is feeling much better too. I've been planting tomato seeds like crazy and have a whole flock of flats, sitting inside plastic bags, waiting to...
Q and A: Introducing new chickens and canning yams
Introducing new chickens
I am thoroughly enjoying my chickens. I have a flock of 11, 10 hens and one rooster. I like them so much and their eggs even more that I would like to...
Weeds and bugs, oh my!
It seems as if lately, the weeds are growing like trees in just a few days! Yesterday, while I was out dusting pyrethrin dust on a newly hatched crop of potato bug larvae, Will...
I’ve been super busy canning David’s venison
Our weather warmed up some, with some days being above freezing, so I've been in a hurry, trying to get all of David's deer canned up. He brought it home skinned and quartered in...
Finally the weather is warming up!
But we still have tons of snow on the ground -- several feet! And mud and water running everywhere. Will's been working on the rock wall behind the living room stove every day, knowing...