I never know whether to look down or to look ahead when we go for our walk in the back woods. Last weekend, I tended to look down and...

Our neighboring farmer pointed out a wild asparagus plant in our pasture; Ed had also discovered a wild asparagus plant on our fence...

This week while Ed was at the property, he bought a very small hummingbird feeder and put out some grape jelly for the Orioles. "If you...

Our first garden plantings; 4 tomato plants and 3 rhubarb plants. We used old tin siding to kill the grass prior to planting plant our...

Some days, despite best efforts, fish are hard to come by. On such days, anglers will ruefully say that is why we call it 'fishing' and...

Anglers share many characteristics. They tend to overestimate size and quantity. They will fish in conditions they will otherwise claim...

Despite the cool and dry weather, our spring wildflowers are starting to awaken. Every year the understory plants race to bloom and set...

The baseboard trim has been painted and re-installed; the closet doors and bedroom door have been painted, equipped with new hardware,...

We finally hung our first piece of artwork. I have been hesitant to hang anything because we patched dozens of nail holes throughout the...

On the way to the property this weekend, we stopped at Prem Meats (a butcher / catering company) in Spring Green and picked up some...

I have a soft spot for Potosi Brewing. They are local, brew good beer, and all profits go to local charities. I recent tried a Cave Ale,...

We left the trail camera out for two weeks, and were rewarded with 936 photos. I have the camera set up to take a series of three photos...

Today's beer review is for New Glarus Brewing's Cabin Fever beer. I thought this would be a fitting beer to try, being stuck at home...

We saw these on the ground in the backwoods; we googled them afterwards, still not certain what they are but the closest pictures I could...

In a few weeks, the native morel mushrooms will start to appear in our woods. In the meantime, we started a shiitake mushroom garden. Our...

We put the trail camera away for the winter because the batteries die too quickly in the cold. We put it out again last weekend. It was...

Our son came to the property this weekend => we didn't make a whole lot of progress. I continued to paint doors and door trim while Ed...

“The Simple Life” means different things to different people. Paradoxically, for us it means doing away with many of life’s...

I recently called our propane cooperative because I could have sworn we had a propane leak. We had only used 135 gallons of propane from...

Cinco De Mayo in Richland Center was empty but for us at 3pm on Friday afternoon amidst all of the Caronavirus concerns. This was our...