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...
We had a very nice Christmas Eve family gathering
So our grandchildren could spend Christmas day enjoying their gifts and stockings, we decided to have our family Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas. It was very enjoyable, as usual. Bill and...
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...
Reader’s Question: Why Minnesota?
Howdy!
Just wondering why you decided on Minnesota to homestead in? Thanks! Appreciate your wisdom & learn MUCH from your writings... Thanks!
Jul Amidon
Brimson, Minnesota
There were lots of reasons we decided on Minnesota when we were...
Disturbing National Animal Identification talk now spreading to vegetables in your garden
Because of lots of public outcry, the NAIS, a government "wonderchild," sponsored largely by large agribusiness type animal/poultry growers, apparently shriveled and came to a standstill last year. The NAIS is basically an animal/poultry...