We got quite a snowfall, but it won’t last
A few days ago we got hammered with about five inches of new, very heavy snow. For a while, you could hardly see the woods around us. We knew it was coming but by...
It’s finally raining
Although we don't like to work in the wet, we are very glad the rains finally came. We've been in fire danger for several days now, with winds off and on, so we were...
There is life after frost!
While much of our garden was killed by freezing, we are terribly happy with all we have. As another frost was forecast, we got busy and picked all we could: tomatoes (both ripe and...
What a summer! I have to have my gallbladder out and Will went to...
We've had more than 12 inches of rain in the last two weeks. Hey, it's homesteading, right? But it didn't help that I found out that I need gallbladder surgery, then after two attacks...
We’re working like mad to get ahead of oncoming cold weather
We have a few warm days but the long-term forecast is for increasing cold and snow. So we've been working like beavers, canning, cutting and splitting the last big batch of firewood, hauling manure,...