Merry Christmas to you and yours
I finally got our Christmas tree decorated last night. Just in time! We think it looks pretty and sure perks us up. We've been hugely busy lately. I didn't even get one Christmas card...
Freeze warning!
Okay, we've been through a couple of frost warnings, but tonight the weather radio is calling for a freeze warning -- 30 degrees! EEeeeek! So all day we've been picking tomatoes. Buckets and baskets...
Our homestead meat sales are taking off (and producing a few bonuses)
To offset some of our homestead feed expenses, we began raising extra steers and pigs each year, selling quarters and halves of meat (nicely cut, wrapped, and frozen) to buyers from not only around...
We’re all growing webbed feet
This year is kind of a repeat of last summer's rainy weather, although not so much rain at one time. Two days ago, we put 175 square bales in the barn, working till nearly...
Today it’s really warm … up to 33 degrees
We've been having cold, snowy weather lately, including some below zero days. On one of those cold nights, our friend's supermarket burned. As it's the only one in Cook (our nearest town) a whole...