Our first tomatoes are ripe
The tomatoes are slow this year due to the intense heat we had early on when they were starting to set blossoms. (When it gets hot, the plants throw their blooms, due to stress.)...
We had a hard frost but no damage
At 5 a.m. I went outside and saw heavy frost on the roof and on the windshield of our Subaru. And this was on top of the ridge; our garden is down below where...
We’ll have a white Christmas
After a day without snow and rain, which is unheard of here in northern Minnesota this time of the year, we got a two-inch snowfall. Luckily, today the sun's out and it's pretty and...
It’s a boy!
Our heifer, Salsa, finally had her calf. Will went down at 7:30 A.M. to check her and nothing was going on. Ashley went down at 11:00 and the calf was not only born but...
Trouble seems to come in threes
First off, Will's trying to get started haying and the last time he set out to cut hay, it poured rain even though the weather radio said "sunny and hot." Ha! Then David's rear...