Freeze warning!
Okay, we've been through a couple of frost warnings, but tonight the weather radio is calling for a freeze warning -- 30 degrees! EEeeeek! So all day we've been picking tomatoes. Buckets and baskets...
We got snow, but dodged the big storm
Up to 12 inches of new snow was forecast for us. We check our weather radio every morning as that often dictates what we'll be doing. And since we were hearing about a big...
With several inches of snow falling in South Dakota, we’re filling up the wood...
We've been making good use of the past week of good weather, cutting and splitting firewood. Will had quite a pile of dry ash cut up and while he chucked wood onto the splitter...
“Strike while the iron is hot”
This is our "second" farm motto! (The first is "Mo' poo poo.") The company where David works is starting to cut their own bolts (square logs) that they then use to manufacture milled logs...
I hope to see some of you at the Lakeland, Florida Self Reliance Expo
I'll be away from home from September 8th to the 13th, giving a couple of talks at the Lakeland, Florida Self Reliance Expo. Any of you who can attend, please stop by and visit...