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...
Everything is big here!
Everything in the garden is big this year. Our hay crop is abundant, the peppers in the hoop house are awesome, and the Hopi...
We’ve finally got a few days without rain
But the bad news is the hayfields have standing water on them and we have two fields down and rained on. Sure, it wasn't...
Today I saw our first pussy willows!
Driving into town today, I spotted pussy willows out on a bush that is always the very first in the area. I always watch...
We’re back to sub-zero temps
What do we do when it's so cold? Play catch-up on those chores we've been putting off before spring comes and we don't have...



