I’ve had fun looking at back issues of Backwoods Home Magazine
As I have to spend a lot of time lying down to keep my "surgery" leg from swelling down to the foot, I've been reading a bunch of old BHM magazines. I have the...
Winter seems to be setting in for good
Although we had thought winter was here already, we got a week of thawing (which made everything a lake of ice), but it's looking serious now. Luckily, yesterday was nice and even sunny at...
This time of the year, I’ve got more plants in the tub than people!
I've ordered lots of trees and bramble fruits for our orchard this year; I keep seeing these things bringing higher and higher outrageous prices and decided THIS year I'd get the orchard booted up....
Fall means winter’s coming
If you think we've been busy before, you should see us now! We're expecting snow in about three weeks. Snow that'll stay all winter long. So, guess what? We've got to be ready, and...
Test post 3
When I was twelve years old, I, along with all the other boys in seventh grade took wood shop. Iād grown up in an extended family of builders, plasterer/masons, plumbers, electricians, and...




