It never rains but it pours
Our area was so very dry earlier this spring, with the rivers and lakes down alarmingly. Then it started to rain! So far, we've had four inches in two days, another inch, then an...
What does a homesteader do for fun?
For many years, I've been working on a series of Western novels, which have mostly been sitting in a box in the closet as Westerns aren't "in." But recently, I found an interested publisher...
Harvest is about finished
Harvest is about finished
When the sun came out this morning after a full week of drizzly, nasty weather, we did a happy dance. I pulled our parsnips (in the rain) and canned them up...
I’ve got the spring cold — Yuck!
I guess it's going around; everyone I talk to either has it or just got over it — the spring cold. Nose runs like a firehose and cough, cough, cough. I finally went to...
It feels like summer has come
We went from freezing to 80° F in less than a week! We northern folk sure are slowed down at 80 degrees! And boy are we busy right now, getting gardens ready to plant...