Our weather feels like fall now
And I have a beaver report. The beavers in our pond say we'll have a pretty "normal" winter with plenty of cold and snow, although not as bad as last winter. We'll see how...
We’re getting plenty of spring rain
Yes, we need it to perk up the pastures and hayfields, but it sure is hard to do outside work when it's raining off and on all day … all week. But just before...
Earth Fest was a success despite heavy snow
Will and I manned the BHM booth at the Iron Mountain, Minnesota, EarthFest on Saturday. We met a lot of BHM subscribers and made a lot of new friends. But boy oh boy did...
It’s pepper plantin’ time!
Yesterday I went down to the basement to retrieve our pepper seeds from the big plastic tote that holds 1/3 of our seeds. (Do you see some obsessive behavior there?) We've got seeds in...
Our bitter cold continues but, boy, are we getting things done!
Will has our kitchen just about finished (but for the upper cabinets that we can't afford yet) and the bathroom vanity is nearly hooked up. Wow! All that cold is worth something, I guess....



