Q and A: fencing and broccoli not heading
Fencing
We're preparing to fence in our new 7 acres next spring and are debating how to anchor our wood fence posts. I know you've done a lot of fencing over the years! Do you...
Our heat spell continues
Our daytime temps are in the eighties and it's dry. So dry that Will has been able to get out and disc up our new corn and pumpkin patch, raising dust even!
I've got the...
Canning apples is suddenly fun again!
Way back about 35 years ago, Mom and Dad owned a small apple orchard in southern Michigan. Most of their apples were Red Rome. Our family traveled there from Minnesota each fall to pick...
It’s time to go through our storage bins in the root cellar
It's early spring and I'm going through our onions and potatoes, checking for soft veggies. Luckily, I've only found a dozen onions softening up. The Dakota Pearl potatoes are just barely getting sprouts and...
Our very first homestead seminar was a huge success!
Although we had been having inches of rain, God smiled on us and we had two days of nice weather for our homesteading seminar. We all met great, like-minded people; learned a lot (including...