We finally got a Baltimore Oriole

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After weeks of waiting, we were finally rewarded by seeing a Baltimore Oriole in a birch tree off of our deck. He tried to...

Hello fall!

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We've been blessed with a few days of no rain. What a miracle! And boy, have we been busy. Will's hauling big round bales...

Q and A: tomato sprouting and homesteader savings

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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...

Did you see the total lunar eclipse Wednesday?

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  Okay, so my photo leaves something to be desired.  I was excited and obviously I wasn't too steady for the long exposure.  But WOW! ...

The Hopi Pale Grey squash are burying my tiller

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I left my TroyBilt tiller between my squash rows, after tilling in manure I'd hauled out there from the goat barn. I figured it...