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...
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...
In between rains, we’re still able to work outside
We're very glad to have been getting rain, as we'd been in drought all winter. I'm hoping this means our drought is done with, so we'll have a "normal" summer. While we've sure dealt...
Our first seeds are coming up
We're feeling springy up here in northern Minnesota! Our first pepper and petunia seeds are popping up. Boy, do they like the rock wall behind the little greenhouse. The woodstove is on one side...
We have babies!
It's a boy … and a beautiful girl. Their mom, Shadow, has always given us a single buck kid, for years. So when I went out to feed this morning I noticed she'd dug...