I hope your Christmas was as happy as ours

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Ashley and I baked for a week. Cookies, pies, candy, and finally Will's Cheescake (you can find this recipe and more in my pantry...

Lots and lots going on on the homestead

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First and foremost, fall is upon us. I first noticed a maple tree with a red leafed branch a week ago. Then we had...

We harvested our first cherry!

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Okay, so there are only six cherries on the Meteor cherry tree! But they're ripening and it's our first harvest from this young tree,...

Denver Self Reliance Expo

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The Denver Self-Reliance Expo is this Friday and Saturday. I'll be speaking about gardening and canning. Dave and Ilene Duffy, Don Childers and his...

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...