We worked super hard to get ready for freezing temperatures
Around here, hard freezes usually come way before this. And we're so grateful that this year we had a very long fall so we could get more and more of our crops harvested before...
So much for our nice weather
After a gorgeous Indian summer, we're into north country fall rains and the four letter word: SNOW. Yuck! I vote to cancel winter this year -- anybody with me? We're still harvesting; this time...
I think we’ve grown webs between our toes
We've had rain, rain and more rain. Four inches in several days' time. Luckily, Will managed to get our main garden tilled just before the first rain hit. It tilled up very nicely and...
We woke up to -7 yesterday morning
So I was kind of surprised when it had warmed up to 5 above, Will asked if I wanted to go down and split a truckload of firewood. What the heck — I put...
Sorry to be so late blogging!
We've been fighting against frost, which has been threatening nearly every day. We've been picking, husking corn, pulling in beans, and, lately, covering rare crops as we were under a frost advisory. Yesterday, our...