Our foot of snow is nearly gone
And we're back at it again. The tom turkeys are strutting their stuff and sometimes I think they'll pop, they puff up so hard! Our two wild turkey hens have gone off to their...
We all had a very happy Mother’s Day
As in our past, which has now become a family tradition, we spent the morning of Mother's Day at Byrnes Greenhouse in Zim, Minnesota. We meet up and visit while picking out a cartload...
Q and A: pumpkins and canning chili and spaghetti sauce
Pumpkins
I have a question about my pumpkins. I grew a variety that the seed packet said could get up to 65 pounds. Mine turned out more like one of those little pie pumpkins you...
Where the heck’s the sun?
We got hammered a few days ago with a sloppy, wet snow. True, it wasn't cold but we didn't want to see white. Luckily, after a day's time, it slowly warmed up and the...
We have a milk thief!
Okay, he's cute and snow white. He's our milk cow Lace's newest baby (a little steer calf, Snowflake.). At first, we were getting about eight gallons of milk a day. Then seven, then six....