What’s it like at -35?
We got a recent reminder of what it's like at -35 a couple days ago. When it's that cold, we need to stuff wood in the fire every hour or two; I sleep on...
David and Elizabeth’s new baby is here!
We are so excited to welcome the newest member of the family. She weighed in at 7 pounds 11 ounces and is so cute. Both Mom and Delilah are doing well, and I got...
It’s amazing what you can get done with nice weather here
While I'm busy transplanting over-grown tomato seedlings into very tall Styrofoam cups, Will is out at the end of the Wolf Road, cutting up the ash logs for firewood and hauling them home to...
We’re working like mad to get ahead of oncoming cold weather
We have a few warm days but the long-term forecast is for increasing cold and snow. So we've been working like beavers, canning, cutting and splitting the last big batch of firewood, hauling manure,...
We labored on Labor Day weekend
Hey, we have a homestead and winter is coming! While Will was busy cutting a small field of hay a friend had given him, Alisha and I went at it and picked sweet corn...