We’re so grateful for another warm, sunny day
It lets us get so much more done easily. This morning, Will and I split up another load of wood with our cat, Mittens,...
Winter’s coming like a freight train
Boy, are we ever scrambling lately. Besides harvesting here and there and drying beans and corn, saving seeds, and canning, I've been kind of...
Finally, we have some sun
It's normal for northern Minnesota to have a period of fall rains. But holy cow have we been blessed! I guess it's a good...
We had our second frost so it’s that time
After that second frost yesterday morning, we've been crazy busy, pulling things in that should be in, ahead of the rains that are forecast....
I’m doubling up on canning
As we now have so much harvested, and a lot more to go, I have had to double up on my canning. Yesterday I...








