Mittens not only kills mice and rabbits, but weasels too

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Our little half-pint kitty, Mittens, has turned out to be a very efficient homestead varmint catcher. She's caught hundreds of mice, voles and shrews, several full-sized rabbits and lately, she's caught three weasels! Now...

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Even torrential storms didn't stop the MREA Fair We always look forward to going to Custer, Wisconsin, for the annual MREA Fair. We help sell magazine subscriptions and books and get to meet a whole...

Our full moon was a “snow moon”

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According to the weather station, our full moon this month was called the Snow Moon. I just had to go outside to try and get some photos. It was harder than photographing the Wolf...

More snow and below-zero temps

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As we're crawling towards spring, we've been stuck in a cold arctic spell. Last night it was -18 and today at noon, it warmed up to zero. With a wind. Plus we just got...

Our beautiful fall weather will come to an end with frost

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We're supposed to get frost and possibly snow flurries tonight through Saturday evening, and we've still got veggies in the gardens. I've been picking beans and corn for weeks and now we've switched into...