Every day brings us closer to spring
Spring is a season of firsts. A week ago, our pair of Canadian geese arrived on the partially melted beaver pond. Two days ago, a pair of Trumpeter swans stopped by for the day,...
Q and A: tomato sprouting and homesteader savings
Tomato sprouting
I was wondering if you ever saw a tomato that had a plant of some kind growing out of the fruit itself. I've had two of them from the garden now and am...
Q and A: wheat bran flakes and cold-hardy grape vines
Wheat bran flakes
I think my wheat bran flakes are off ... rancid maybe, but I wouldn't know for sure. It smells different, not pleasant, so I assume that is what rancid smells like. Does...
We got snow!
After some nice days of sun and 70's, today it got really cloudy. Then it began snowing like crazy. Wow! We didn't enjoy that one bit. But we had lots to do indoors. Will...
We made good use of our “summer” weather
We had an entire week of sunny, very warm weather and boy, were we busy. (We knew it would not last as it's too early!) While Will went with our neighbor to pick up...