We’re making good use of this very nice spring weather
Our season is very short here in northern Minnesota, so we're hard at work trying to get everything — especially the long-season crops — planted in the gardens. Yep, it's hard work and we're...
Trouble seems to come in threes
First off, Will's trying to get started haying and the last time he set out to cut hay, it poured rain even though the weather radio said "sunny and hot." Ha! Then David's rear...
Q and A: salve for goats, bush scallop squash, and freezing weather
Salve for goats
I am making this salve. Is there anything in it that would hurt my goats?
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup dried comfrey
1/4 cup dried calendula
2 oz beeswax...
Winter’s back in the saddle again
We were expecting 6-7 inches of snow but so far we've got more than a foot and it's looking stormy over to the west. Our high today is 1 degree above zero, with our...
We were expecting an inch of new snow; we got nearly a foot!
Although we keep a close watch on the weather forecasts, both on the TV and weather radio, nobody was forecasting a foot of snow for us. But when we woke up, expecting that inch,...