Holy Cow! It’s not supposed to be in the nineties in northern Minnesota
For the second week now, we're experiencing a terrific (for us!) heat wave with steady temperatures in the nineties every day. What makes it so hard for us is that we're in our frantic...
Hey everyone, there was a mistake in the photo in the recent nut article
We made a mistake in the current issue, Issue No. 149, September/October 2014. In the article titled “Nut trees on your homestead,” we inadvertently put in the wrong photo over the caption that reads...
With the heat and the rain, boy, do we have bugs!
We've never had many mosquitoes here but this year I think everyone in Minnesota is complaining about them, us included. So we're fighting back! We put up eight new birdhouses and have several families...
Another workday at Bill and Kelly’s
We spent another (luckily very nice) fall day down at Bill's, helping sheet his garage addition. One of Bill's friends, Andy Gunderson, volunteered to help and came for the day, too. So Bill, David,...
Keeping busy even when it’s cold
We haven't had a break from the Arctic cold and wind we've been having lately, with the lows in single digits and the highs in the low teens. Brrr. But we've still got lots...