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...

Disturbing National Animal Identification talk now spreading to vegetables in your garden

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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...

As an early Christmas present, I got an intestinal flu!

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Last week, just when things were gearing up for Christmas, my gut felt ishy. Then all heck broke loose. You get the picture. David...

Ah! Evening and the work’s all done… (well kind of…)

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Even though our killing frost happened a couple of weeks ago, I'm still busy canning.  Some days, it's a bit too busy.  For instance,...

Like everyone we’re trying to get ready for Christmas on our homestead

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Like most homesteaders we know, we struggle with cash this time of the year. Grain prices have been horrible. Hay, which we buy from...