We’re so grateful for another warm, sunny day

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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

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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

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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

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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

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As we now have so much harvested, and a lot more to go, I have had to double up on my canning. Yesterday I...