Don’t look now, but winter’s on the way

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From temperatures in the sixties, we've been having highs in the low thirties along with wind, rain, and snow. Luckily, we have lots of projects to do inside on those days like canning, seeding...

Well, it froze!

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We'd been expecting a freeze and preparing mightily for it, but when we woke up to white on the grass, it was still sort of a shock. We did all we could, covering the...

Harvest time is here — big time

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Boy, are things ever getting ripe. I'm hurrying to get the early tomatoes seeded to save their seeds. So far the early winners this year are: Earlibell, Italian Paste, Morovsky Div, Silvery Fir Tree,...

Our tilling has started

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Because we currently have three tractors torn apart, waiting for cash to buy parts, we haven't been able to get started tilling the gardens as early as we'd like. So when I got home...

An upgrade on the homestead

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We've been limping by on about 100 watts of solar panels and a small windcharger for the past few years. Yep, it worked, kind of. But we did have to use the generator more...