We’ve had a few busy days

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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...

It never rains but it pours

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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 real wet spell

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After so many nice sunny fall days, suddenly the rains are upon us. I finally got the last of the carrots canned up and, boy, do they look great in the jars. Yesterday I...

We’ve finally got a few days without rain

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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 supposed to rain — so the weather radio said. But...

The pumpkin/corn patch is now fenced

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Will, Krystal, and I finished hanging the last two sections of the 6-foot-high fencing on the new pumpkin/corn patch. We had decided to wait for a more doable cash flow but the deer were...