We’re preparing for a nasty stretch of weather
Right now, it's -23 and blowing snow sideways. It isn't like it was unexpected as they were forecasting arctic cold for nearly a week now. That was good as it gave us plenty of...
I’m just starting to get over my cold — in the cold
Hey, it's January in Northern Minnesota, and it's cold outside. We just had a few inches of blowing snow. So, Will finally went out to the half-finished snowplow repair and started up the truck....
We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
It was such a nice day today and we enjoyed seeing the sun, at least for a while, in moderate temperatures reaching 29 degrees F. I ran to town to mail out seed packets...
It’s cookie making time on the homestead
I'm pretty pumped. This year I actually have a sliver of a few days to bake! Yesterday I made two batches of different cookies, one the Ritz-type crackers, sandwiched with peanut butter and dipped...
We have had a big storm move in
This morning, it was snowing lightly and 34 degrees F outside. I went out to do chores and found the chickens singing happily and running outside to drink water that was running off the...