We're surprised at what a difference one coat of Tung Oil (no color or tint added) makes to unfinished yellow pine floors. The...

The unfinished yellow pine flooring install is coming along. Ed is still at the property finishing up the installation in the alcove off...

It was a happy Saturday! The underlayment was put down in the kitchen and in a large portion of the living area; progress was made on...

The perry (hard pear cider) is nearly done! I switched recipes for the completion of my perry, as it provided more detail:...

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...

One of the nice things our town offers is an open drop-off of junk in the spring and fall. The town gets a dumpster or two, and locals...

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...

We are not quite at completion, but here is a comparison of where we started and where we are at now.

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...

After a full day's work, the base kitchen cabinets are in! The left corner cabinet went in without a hitch, matching my layout lines. The...

We haven't tasted the end result yet; but, I thought that the following recipe for Lacto-fermented Pear Chutney looked interesting. I...

I need some empty beer bottles so I can bottle the perry hard pear cider I am currently brewing. Rather than buying empty bottles, I am...

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...

Once or twice a month on our way back home, we stop at the Carr Valley Cheese store in Mazomanie, WI. They have an endless assortment of...

We made the decision to get new metal roofs for our outbuildings not long after we purchased our property. We will eventually want to use...

In our renovation, we’re finding that we’re constrained by the same constraints that affect all projects. We are having to balance the...

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...