We got hit with another major snowstorm
We spent all day yesterday shoveling out. Will plowed the drive with the plow truck and I used the snowblower to clear paths to the barns and pens. But there was just too much...
Test post 2
Over the past decade, livestock and poultry farms across the United States have been under siege by animal rights groups who use a certain tactic -- the shooting and release of undercover video --...
Denver Self Reliance Expo
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 wife, and Jeff Yago will also be there. Stop by...
A new garden joins our homestead
On the east side of our house, beyond where we will be building the new entryway/laundry room/green room, there was a humpy bumpy, rocky area. Ugly! There were stumps, logs and other...
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...


