Our cold winter is here
After such nice a week or two, winter's back. Last night it was down to 12° F with a thirty-mile-an-hour wind. I'm so glad Will and I hurried to get ready. We sure are...
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...
We’ve had a few busy days
On Monday, we traveled five hours to pick up a big load of used foam board insulation that our friend Mike found for us in a roofer's "trash." We had a great road trip...
Today it’s sloppy outside so we’re working inside
Temperatures have been in the 40s yesterday and today, so that foot of new, heavy, wet snow is nearly gone. It left puddles like lakes and a river running down the hill toward the...
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...