Cutting up a downed tree is a lot of work. I always say that you do not appreciate how much space a tree takes up until it is on the...

It took both Ed and I a couple of hours on Saturday morning and then again on Sunday morning, but we finally got the fallen tree limbs...

The end of October snow stuck around for just a little while; eventually, it did melt...

This post is a little late in coming. The first weekend in October was family weekend at my son’s university. His roommate is a friend...

Ed gave me a bit of a start yesterday when he came back from a hike with the dog, saying "ah...you're not going to believe this..." in a...

From our living room, I thought I saw tomatoes growing and I thought "huh?"... Upon closer inspection, those "tomato plants" were...

We had to test out our new chain saw and chain saw pole this past weekend as we cleared three trees that were growing practically on top...

Our property came with loads of hunting stands scattered about our back woods; probably 5 or 6 in total (I’m not convinced we’ve found...

This is one of those instances where the gentleman at the Ace Hardware store that sold us the snow blower expressed that we were a little...

The pine cone driveway clean-up efforts are intensifying!

The walnuts are really starting to come down now. We've been getting the one-off's for a while now, but the pace is really picking up....

The early morning fog actually stuck around until mid-late Sunday morning... It was nice in a "mystic" sort of way...

Our driveway weeds are exhausting me! I want to keep how we address them as natural as possible (especially given that we get our water...

We had October snow at the property; nothing really stuck to the ground even though it did snow for an hour or so. Our dog Maxie had the...

It’s the end of September and the leaves are really starting to change color on our property and in the Driftless area in general. Fall...

I have to work a little to hike to the high point of our land; but when I do, it’s always worth it!

When we can get to it, our trail cam is actually providing lots of fun for Ed and I because we get to see what’s in our back woods when...

Fox vs. Coyote – sounds simple enough. We captured the attached picture from our trail cam; it's not a great picture and you have to look...

Bow hunting season officially began this past weekend. We were a bit nervous as we went for our weekend property walk (and I for one...

Our farmer neighbor said that he caught pictures of bobcats on his trail camera just last week. What?! I knew we had cayote (I even saw...