We still have 9 baby turkeys and we’re starting to roof the storage building
Despite heavy, and frequent, rains, which often spell doom to baby turkeys, our mama turkey still has nine babies in our orchard. They're feathering out now and getting adventurous, which drives their mother nuts....
Plentiful water is a wonderful thing
It's amazing how you take some things for granted; plentiful water for one thing. On our last homestead, we had to haul water during the driest part of the summer and all winter, making...
We’ve got all the tomatoes out of the Wall-O-Waters and caged (staked)
We got our corn (all 49 rows of 250 feet), squash, and pumpkins, 4½ rows (250-foot) of Dakota Pearl potatoes in before the heavy rains a few days ago. We ended up with another...
The tulips are up!
More signs of spring up north. Yesterday I woke up to a musical sound. Wolves? Nooooo... It sounds like geese. It IS geese! I threw open the window and the air was filled with...
Finally, our cold weather has passed
For the last few days, the nighttime lows have been barely above zero and the daytime highs not reaching thirty, and with a strong wind. Brrr! While I'm trying to water the seedlings that...