We’ve been fighting bone-numbing sub-zero temps
Not only did we get another 6 inches of snow but we also got frigid temperatures! We've been having HIGHS in the 20 below degree range and lows around 35 below and windchill temps...
We have a new baby
Wednesday, our half Jersey heifer, Surprise, had her baby -- a pretty heifer we are calling Fern because she's just the color of dead fern leaves. And we know because that night both she...
In between rains, work continues
We've been having a lot of rain lately, with a few sunny days stuck between them, thank goodness. Will pounded 104 T-posts in the garden to stake up the tomatoes we have growing in...
Our bitter cold continues but, boy, are we getting things done!
Will has our kitchen just about finished (but for the upper cabinets that we can't afford yet) and the bathroom vanity is nearly hooked up. Wow! All that cold is worth something, I guess....
We’ve been haying
With a stretch of hot, dry weather, we've started our haying in earnest. Yesterday we put up more than 100 bales in the loft of our storage building and this morning, Will and our...