Transplanting tomato plants, hauling wood
The last few days have been busy ones. I've been transplanting dozens and dozens of tiny tomato plants into styrofoam cups and deep six packs. I fill the container, mark the variety on the...
We finally got a good rain
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 wild and we got to see many of them interact...
Our tomatoes and peppers are getting ripe
With those ripening crops, I've been busy taking out seed to save for our seed business. I always take seed from the earliest and some of the best ones. I also give them a...
There’s another homesteader in our family!
My daughter-in-law, Kelly (Bill's wife) had a tiny, very healthy baby boy. Right in the middle of a good old Minnesota blizzard! Bill kept me posted by cell phone from the...
Test post 3
When I was twelve years old, I, along with all the other boys in seventh grade took wood shop. I’d grown up in an extended family of builders, plasterer/masons, plumbers, electricians, and...