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...
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 Pale Grey squash are scary. You don't even want to...
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...
No, it isn’t spring in Minnesota
I just thought you might like to see some shots of our garden in the SUMMER! I know we're getting kind of tired of drab, naked trees and snow. I ran across these photos...
Our cold weather is back
But we're not complaining. We know you folks back East are suffering record-breaking snowfalls with nowhere to put it all. Been there. We know where you're coming from. Luckily, our winter has been great,...