Winter brings new challenges to the homestead
Although a foot of snow is beautiful here in the woods, the cold along with it brings new challenges. Our nighttime temperatures have been zero or below with the daytime temps only in the...
Our weather’s been perfect although dry
It seems like our beavers' forecast is coming true. We haven't had a speck of rain for 10 days. But we're not complaining. We've been getting a lot of hay up after such a...
Will got the hay in just before the rain
Will, Christian, and Eric worked in 90 degree heat to get a small field of very tall Reed canary grass baled into square bales. Rain was in the forecast (which has now hit in...
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...
In between rains, work continues
We've been having a lot of rain lately, with a few sunny days stuck between them, thank goodness. Will pounded 104 T-posts in the garden to stake up the tomatoes we have growing in...