David is now a movie star
Well, sort of. This summer, our son, David, was in town and was stopped in a parking lot by a couple that he didn't recognize. They told him they were part of a movie...
Spring is here; I’m starting my first seeds!
Well, spring is officially here on our homestead, even though it was 6° F this morning. Because peppers and petunias take quite a while to grow to decent size, I start both of them...
After -25, 30 degrees F seems like summer
After -25, 30 degrees F seems like summer
We sure had a cold snap last week. Our high was -14 and that was actual temperature, not wind chill. Will kept busy hauling in wood and...
Wow, today we had a warm-up of -8° F
After a low last night of -35, the sun came out this morning and it very slowly warmed up. Some. But, with a wind to make the windchill temperatures dangerous, we didn't spend a...
The beavers were right, again.
This fall, I was asked what our beavers' actions told us about the coming winter. I replied that there should be cold temperatures and lots of snow. At first I thought they'd lied; we...